Bora Bora, Encino, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 7:45 PM Name:Bora Bora Type:restaurant Street:16240 Ventura Blvd. City:Encino State:CA Zip: country:USA Phone:783-1157 Status:defunct Description: There are photos of the interior in the Book of Tiki.
TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 7:46 PM
T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 4:33 PM From page 10 of Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table... "Other Chinese restauranteurs, such as Benson Fong of Ah Fong's, were more like hermit crabs: When the Bora Bora room of Encino, California, went bankrupt because it couldn't recoup the costs of its spectacular Polynesian decor, Fong simply moved in a Cantonese kitchen staff and started raking in the exoticash. (Fong, Charlie Chan's 'number one son' in the 1940s movie series, became the number one 1960s Cantonese king with five Ah Fong's restaurants located throughout L.A. County.)" -Tom
AF A Frame Member Mr. C's on the Coast Highway Joined: Apr 16, 2009 Posts: 332	AF A Frame Posted posted on Sat, Apr 9, 2016 9:18 PM Ashtray from Bora Bora I found a few years back, also posted one from another Encino, CA restaurant, the Samoa House.

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Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 7:45 PM

Name:Bora Bora
Type:restaurant
Street:16240 Ventura Blvd.
City:Encino
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:783-1157
Status:defunct

Description:
There are photos of the interior in the Book of Tiki.

TS

Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 7:46 PM

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TikiTomD Posted posted on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 4:33 PM

From page 10 of Beachbum Berry's Taboo Table...

"Other Chinese restauranteurs, such as Benson Fong of Ah Fong's, were more like hermit crabs: When the Bora Bora room of Encino, California, went bankrupt because it couldn't recoup the costs of its spectacular Polynesian decor, Fong simply moved in a Cantonese kitchen staff and started raking in the exoticash. (Fong, Charlie Chan's 'number one son' in the 1940s movie series, became the number one 1960s Cantonese king with five Ah Fong's restaurants located throughout L.A. County.)"

-Tom

AF

A Frame Posted posted on Sat, Apr 9, 2016 9:18 PM

Ashtray from Bora Bora I found a few years back, also posted one from another Encino, CA restaurant, the Samoa House.