Bahooka, Rosemead, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

R realwinner Member Joined: Apr 13, 2015 Posts: 1	R realwinner Posted posted on Mon, Apr 13, 2015 3:02 AM I LOVE and MISS BAHOOKA! I first learned about Bahooka when Jack called my Real Estate Office to inquire about a restaurant we had for lease on Whittier Blvd in Whittier around about 1974. I met him there and gave him a tour of the old Bonanza Restaurant which was now closed. He was sooo cool, kinda of hipster chic. I remember that he would say "Ciao, baby." A Very nice guy! He was looking for another restaurant location. This was before the Rosemead Restaurant was open. He was so great, he told me that he wanted me to know what kind of unique restaurant Bahooka was, and so he gave me a Free dinner for myself and a guest at the old West Covina Bahooka on Fransicquito. I loved Bahooka from the first time I went there. I told everybody that I knew all about it. We went back there over and over again. And so did everybody else that I introduced to Bahooka! I loved to order the X-3 and a Singapore Sling! The X-3 was a plate with delicious Bahooka Ribs, Shrimp Puffs, and Chicken Wings with 3 kinds of Sauces. Seems like it came with carrots and pickles. SOOOO GOOD!!! Yum! I can taste it now! I also loved their salad with the delicious House Dressing! The Original Bahooka's on Francisquito was tiny but rockin'! On the weekends there was always a line out the door to get a table. When you went into the Ladies restroom, which was kind of out the back door and around to the left, there were flashing lights, kind of like being in a thunder storm. Inside the restaurant there were puffer fish on the ceiling, and of course the fish tanks. You could hear that wonderful twangy Hawaiian Style music being played, and interrupted from time to time with a loud speaker saying "now hear this, now hear this, XXXX Party now being seated. It was crazy, wild, and about the most fun I have ever had. I Love and Miss Bahooka! What I wouldn't give for that X-3, a salad with Bahooka's house dressing, and a Singapore Sling about now! I have to say that Bahooka is and will always be one of my favorite places ever!

I LOVE and MISS BAHOOKA! I first learned about Bahooka when Jack called my Real Estate Office to inquire about a restaurant we had for lease on Whittier Blvd in Whittier around about 1974. I met him there and gave him a tour of the old Bonanza Restaurant which was now closed.
He was sooo cool, kinda of hipster chic. I remember that he would say "Ciao, baby." A Very nice guy!
He was looking for another restaurant location. This was before the Rosemead Restaurant was open.
He was so great, he told me that he wanted me to know what kind of unique restaurant Bahooka was, and so he gave me a Free dinner for myself and a guest at the old West Covina Bahooka on Fransicquito.
I loved Bahooka from the first time I went there. I told everybody that I knew all about it. We went back there over and over again. And so did everybody else that I introduced to Bahooka!
I loved to order the X-3 and a Singapore Sling! The X-3 was a plate with delicious Bahooka Ribs, Shrimp Puffs, and Chicken Wings with 3 kinds of Sauces. Seems like it came with carrots and pickles. SOOOO GOOD!!! Yum! I can taste it now! I also loved their salad with the delicious House Dressing!
The Original Bahooka's on Francisquito was tiny but rockin'! On the weekends there was always a line out the door to get a table. When you went into the Ladies restroom, which was kind of out the back door and around to the left, there were flashing lights, kind of like being in a thunder storm.
Inside the restaurant there were puffer fish on the ceiling, and of course the fish tanks. You could hear that wonderful twangy Hawaiian Style music being played, and interrupted from time to time with a loud speaker saying "now hear this, now hear this, XXXX Party now being seated.
It was crazy, wild, and about the most fun I have ever had.
I Love and Miss Bahooka! What I wouldn't give for that X-3, a salad with Bahooka's house dressing, and a Singapore Sling about now!
I have to say that Bahooka is and will always be one of my favorite places ever!

Post #741170 by realwinner on Mon, Apr 13, 2015 3:02 AM