Post #809379 by Bam Bam on Sun, Jun 11, 2023 2:53 PM

Update! Or perhaps, more accurately, the pieces have finally clicked together!!

Back during TC's dark days I scored FIVE Tepco three-footed tiki bowls right in my own backyard - and for a pittance! I've been wracking my brain for ages how a set of matched bowls like this made it all the way from Trader Vic's in CA to PA, when the thought struck me that these AREN'T branded as made for Trader Vic's. Then, I started looking back at regional bars that might have had more upscale drink ware. One stood out that used the same three-footed tiki bowl in brown - the Harrisburg Beachcomber!

I am thrilled to think that I have a tangible connection to the old place, and four of the five are in pristine condition. There's no hard evidence, but circumstantially I believe these five bowls may have been spirited away when the Beachcomber closed, or stopped using the bowls.