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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Club Royal Hawaiian, San Francisco, CA (restaurant)

Post #674964 by Dustycajun on Sat, Apr 20, 2013 5:06 PM

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Name:Club Royal Hawaiian
Type:restaurant
Street:960 Bush Street
City:San Francisco
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
The Club Royal Hawaiian was a classic pre-Tiki joint located in San Francisco. Arkiva Tropika provides the following history:

The Club Royal Hawaiian was located at 960 Bush Street in San Francisco. It opened in 1934, after its predecessor, the Club Kamokila, closed. 960 Bush Street was residence to a host of other nightclubs after the Royal Hawaiian, including the well-known music venue, The Boarding House in 1971. The building was replaced by condos in 1980.

I picked up this brochure

That gives us a look at the inside.

The matchbook from Arkiva Tropika

They used several different types of feature matchsticks.

The napkin.

And a sheet music cover for the Sophisticated Hula dance sensation, as written by Sol Bright who performed at the Club Royal Hawaiian.

As shown on the matchbook, the Club Royal Hawaiian was at one time a related to the Hawaiian Gardens restaurant located in San Jose.

More info on that here:

Hawaiian Gardens

DC