The Polynesia, Seattle, WA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 839	T tikicoma Posted posted on Sun, Mar 18, 2018 2:34 AM Well the Moultray's must have "borrowed" it when took their biz to the NY worlds fair. Bill and Chris Moultray had the Four Winds restaurants in Seattle and Yakima WA the Seattle one since '55. They were a New Orleans/Pirate themed restaurant with drinks like the cannonball and waitresses in pirate outfits. The Polynesia opened in '61 then at the '62 Seattle Worlds Fair the Moultray's opened a couple booths at the food circus at the fair. It must have been successful for them because 2 years later they opened Moultray's Polynesian at the New York fair using the Witco mask design. They repeated opening restaurants at two more worlds fairs selling the Seattle Four Winds by the mid 60's. ...so all they had to do to come up with this design would be to walk about 10 blocks from their restaurant to pier 51 to see it on the Polynesia.

Well the Moultray's must have "borrowed" it when took their biz to the NY worlds fair.

Bill and Chris Moultray had the Four Winds restaurants in Seattle and Yakima WA the Seattle one since '55. They were a New Orleans/Pirate themed restaurant with drinks like the cannonball and waitresses in pirate outfits.

The Polynesia opened in '61 then at the '62 Seattle Worlds Fair the Moultray's opened a couple booths at the food circus at the fair. It must have been successful for them because 2 years later they opened Moultray's Polynesian at the New York fair using the Witco mask design. They repeated opening restaurants at two more worlds fairs selling the Seattle Four Winds by the mid 60's.

...so all they had to do to come up with this design would be to walk about 10 blocks from their restaurant to pier 51 to see it on the Polynesia.

Post #785131 by tikicoma on Sun, Mar 18, 2018 2:34 AM