Post #794384 by lohphat on Tue, Apr 9, 2019 1:23 PM

On 2009-08-02 00:43, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
That's outstanding. Looks like it was done by the same artist who painted the mural in the Zamboanga in Los Angeles:

Probably a local artist then. Wonder if that painting on the menu was actually a mural in the Leilani as well. The Leilani and Zamboanga were two of the many pre-tiki South Sea supper clubs in the Los Angeles area. I've always been a little curious about the change in name from "Leilani" to "Leilani Hut". Based on that last menu, it looks like it opened circa 1942 as the "Leilani" under the ownership of Al Britt. Then maybe later the ownership changed hands to Don May and the name was changed to the Leilani Hut.

I remember the Lelani's murals behind the bar used to have animated lights behind them which would simulate moving water of the falls and lagoon and campfires on the beach. I regret we didn't save more mementos.

The Leilani was sold in 1974 to Darlene Thornton and became "The Stockpot" becasue Don's wife Gladys (my grandmother) was in declining health; she died in 1976. Don later married Darlene in 1982; sadly she died of cancer in 1990. The Stockpot didn't last too long -- my memory of that period is fuzzy.

I'm not sure when John Morris bought the building and turned it into Legends.