Post #780297 by Hamo on Wed, Oct 4, 2017 8:18 PM

The first Clifton’s opened in 1931 on South Olive; the second Clifton’s opened in 1935 on South Broadway. In 1939 both were remodeled and decorated with a theme. The first Clifton’s on Olive was given Polynesian decor and renamed Clifton’s Pacific Seas; the second Clifton’s on Broadway was patterned after Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains and renamed Clifton’s Brookdale. Clifton’s Pacific Seas closed in 1960 and the building has since been razed. Clifton’s Brookdale and the current Clifton’s Cafeteria are one and the same, and never had any Polynesian decor, only a wooded forest/lodge theme.

So that’s the long-winded answer to say, no, the current Clifton’s first incarnation was never tiki (and outside of the new bar, it still isn’t tiki), and you’re correct in not including its 2015 reopen date on the list. I wasn’t sure if you were wanting it, so I provided it just in case.

Perhaps for accuracy, thought, the entry on the first post should read something like “12-Nov 2016 New Clifton's Pacific Seas opens” or “Pacific Seas in Clifton’s opens.”