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Aloha Treefrogs!!
OK...so, something hit me today....you had mentioned that you remember when you were younger seeing a palm tree in the middle of the dining room, with a monkey on it. But, I was looking again at the pictures of the Victoria BC postcards that Dustycajun posted....((Thank You Dustycajun!!! Seriously, you have contributed sssooo much to the entire community with LOTS of pictures and info)).......and I wasn't seeing a palm tree in the dining room.
So, I thought I would look for something in one of the other Beachcomber restaurants in Canada. The one in Edmonton has a palm tree in the middle of the dining room. Maybe this was from the Edmonton restaurant?
On 2003-08-06 23:55, Sweet Daddy Tiki wrote:
Name:The Beachcomber
Type:restaurant
Street:10138-100A Street
City:Edmonton, Alberta
State:
Zip:
country:Canada
Phone:422-5126
Status:defunct
Description:
The Beachcomber opened at the end of October, 1963. I'm told it was owned by Zane Feldman who was the first owner of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team (he passed away earlier this year). I have only the vaguest memory of this place from my one and only visit shortly before it was bulldozed in July, 1980 to make way for a bank tower. I remember crossing a small bridge at the entrance, and that's about it -- I certainly don't recall the marvellous decor in the pictures below. I'm sure emspace will have a thing or two to add.
Note the carving on the pillar, far right -- a woman's naked body with a tiki head (?). There's a black velvet wahine on the wall, right. The tables have lamps with tiki bases and wooden (?) tiki salt & pepper shakers.
-Sweet Daddy Tiki
[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2010-01-14 16:01 ]
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