Post #730435 by tikicoma on Tue, Oct 28, 2014 12:42 AM

To confuse things a bit more Bigbro has a pseudo tiki mug from the Tahitian Room in Richland WA.

made by Millie.

I also have one of these mugs

also apparently made by Millie in'59.

So whats this have to do with the Kalua Room? Though Vina opened the Tahitian in '52 before the Kalua Room opened, misters Chin & Lee came from Seattle in '56 to operate the Tahitian room, and we know the mug was made by '59. So it's possible the new owners adapted what they saw at Seattle's Kalua Room (they also added the Witco tiki fountain and outrigger wall carving).
A little speculation to cloud things up. :)

aloha, tikicoma