little hawaii / hawaiian room, chicago, IL (bar) - Locating Tiki

RC Ragbag Comics Member The shores of Lake Michigan Joined: Feb 24, 2009 Posts: 212	RC Ragbag Comics Posted posted on Sun, Jan 12, 2014 1:35 PM Nice sleuthing Dave! I think that bar was up near us, just north of Lincoln Square on Western (a bit north of Lincoln Lanes, but on Western) The building is still there... I think its currently a defunct Korean restaurant. That might help explain a few of the Hawaiian bars that used to exist in Uptown/Edgewater (Honolulu Harry's and the Polynesian Village at the Edgewater Beach Hotel) or maybe not... Western is far enough west it might just be a fluke, but those were also definitely 1920's era "Hawaiian" bars (as opposed to proper Tiki bars.) --Pete

Nice sleuthing Dave!

I think that bar was up near us, just north of Lincoln Square on Western (a bit north of Lincoln Lanes, but on Western)

The building is still there... I think its currently a defunct Korean restaurant.

That might help explain a few of the Hawaiian bars that used to exist in Uptown/Edgewater (Honolulu Harry's and the Polynesian Village at the Edgewater Beach Hotel) or maybe not... Western is far enough west it might just be a fluke, but those were also definitely 1920's era "Hawaiian" bars (as opposed to proper Tiki bars.)

--Pete

Post #704390 by Ragbag Comics on Sun, Jan 12, 2014 1:35 PM