Steak Island, Austin, TX (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

PP Prikli Pear Tiki Socialite New Braunfels, Texas Joined: Jan 04, 2017 Posts: 980	PP Prikli Pear Posted posted on Tue, Nov 19, 2019 12:07 PM Okay, this isn't as sexy as other stuff posted in this thread, but we're completests, right? I found Austin City Council minutes from their July 2, 1964 meeting, which addresses a signage request from Lahala House. It also firms up the origin date for the restaurant that became Steak Island: LAHALA HOUSE The Building Official had received a request for a sign to be placed on Riverside Drive and the entrance to the Lahala House property. The sign is to be a plastic oval with electric interior lighting and will be 16' high, the oval being 8' wide. Councilman Shanks moved that the Council sustain the recommendation of the Town Lake Committee and approve the request. The motion, seconded by Councilman White, was carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen LaRue, Long, Shanks, White, Mayor Palmer Noes: None Below is part of the first page of the council meeting agenda for historical reference. Within a couple of years, San Antonio's Jim Hasslocher bought out Corpus Christi's Harry Porter and rebranded the restaurant as Steak Island.

Okay, this isn't as sexy as other stuff posted in this thread, but we're completests, right? I found Austin City Council minutes from their July 2, 1964 meeting, which addresses a signage request from Lahala House. It also firms up the origin date for the restaurant that became Steak Island:

LAHALA HOUSE
The Building Official had received a request for a sign to be placed on Riverside Drive and the entrance to the Lahala House property. The sign is to be a plastic oval with electric interior lighting and will be 16' high, the oval being 8' wide.

Councilman Shanks moved that the Council sustain the recommendation of the Town Lake Committee and approve the request. The motion, seconded by Councilman White, was carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Councilmen LaRue, Long, Shanks, White, Mayor Palmer
Noes: None

Below is part of the first page of the council meeting agenda for historical reference. Within a couple of years, San Antonio's Jim Hasslocher bought out Corpus Christi's Harry Porter and rebranded the restaurant as Steak Island.

Post #798719 by Prikli Pear on Tue, Nov 19, 2019 12:07 PM