Crypto-Mugs. Do these legends exist and who has them? - Collecting Tiki

TP The Professor Tiki Centralite Gilligan's Isle Joined: Dec 21, 2019 Posts: 30	TP The Professor Posted posted on Sat, Mar 19, 2022 9:39 AM This is the best TC thread ever, and I am so glad it is back. Here is something that has had me curious for a while... I have this menu from the long closed Lanai, sometimes referred to as the "Lanai Room," at the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle. As you can see from the photos, the mugs and mug names are the same as those used by the Kalua Room at Seattle's Hotel Windsor. Even the drink prices are similar to those on old Kalua Room menus, suggesting a similar time of operation. What has me most intrigued is the message "FOR SOUVENIR HUNTERS!" seen in the last photo. I have found very little information on the Lanai online, and there seems to be nothing on TC about it (I apologize if I have missed something, TC's search functionality is apparently limited at the moment). Does anyone have anything on this place? More important, do these mugs actually exist? Has anyone here ever actually seen one of these mugs marked "Lanai" or "Lanai Room"? Or did the Kalua Room and Lanai have the same owners and sold the same Kalua-marked mugs? [ Edited by The Professor on 2022-03-19 10:01:08 ]

This is the best TC thread ever, and I am so glad it is back. Here is something that has had me curious for a while...

I have this menu from the long closed Lanai, sometimes referred to as the "Lanai Room," at the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle. As you can see from the photos, the mugs and mug names are the same as those used by the Kalua Room at Seattle's Hotel Windsor. Even the drink prices are similar to those on old Kalua Room menus, suggesting a similar time of operation. What has me most intrigued is the message "FOR SOUVENIR HUNTERS!" seen in the last photo.

I have found very little information on the Lanai online, and there seems to be nothing on TC about it (I apologize if I have missed something, TC's search functionality is apparently limited at the moment). Does anyone have anything on this place?

More important, do these mugs actually exist? Has anyone here ever actually seen one of these mugs marked "Lanai" or "Lanai Room"? Or did the Kalua Room and Lanai have the same owners and sold the same Kalua-marked mugs?

[ Edited by The Professor on 2022-03-19 10:01:08 ]

Post #802183 by The Professor on Sat, Mar 19, 2022 9:39 AM