The Beach Boy - Aloha Room, Newport Beach, CA (restaurant)

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TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 12:58 PM Name:The Beach Boy - Aloha Room Type:restaurant Street:353 East Coast Highway City:Newport Beach State:CA Zip: country:USA Phone: Status:unknown Description: Found this matchbook, didn't see anything on TC about this place. I know a lot of people on here grew up around Newport... anyone have any info on this place? [ Edited by: Tiki Shaker 2009-12-10 13:00 ]
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:54 PM The address places this around Bayside Drive & Coast Highway, just as you cross the bridge, very close to where the Ruben E.Lee was. This was gone before the 1970s, I do not remember it at all, I lived a block away from here when my family first moved to Newport.
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2807	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:25 PM I've been intrigued by this place too. All I know is that it had one of the cooler cocktail napkins out there. This from Mimi's Arkiva Tropika website:
1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:51 PM Nice image Tim .Unfortunately I know nothing about this place either .
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 5:19 PM Some more info from the mysterious Beach Boy. I tried for this menu on ebay recently that has a great photo of the exterior of the restaurant on the front. The menu also had a picture of the inside, looks like a nice courtyard with palm trees, lava rocks, water features..... and a rather unique Tiki in the corner that is shown on Mimi's napkin. Anybody out there recognize the style or carver?? DC
B bongofury Grand Member (6 years) Ventura County Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 1565	B bongofury Posted posted on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 6:08 PM Nice Tiki....does the sign have the surfboard/beachboy figure on it?
A abstractiki Tiki Socialite Lodi, CA Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 606	A abstractiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 10:15 PM Great A-Frame building. Interesting that that the matchbook and napkin shows the address as 353 and the menu shows it as 535 but probably just a typo. The May 1992 edition of Orange County Magazine has a listing for the Ellis Island Eatery at the 353 address. The June 1992 edition has this add.
BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2592	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 10:19 PM I remember Ellis Island at that spot, it was short lived and it later became a racing themed restaurant and now it's a car dealership? I think that's the same spot where the Newport Beach Bobby McGee's was.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 18, 2011 6:25 AM Wow, what a great building! Tiki Modern. And that Tiki: I was so sure that the rendering on the napkin was pure fantasy, but to find it was actually pretty accurate! I have never seen another Tiki with that kind of gaping smile, and I cannot associate it with any known carver's style, it's so cartoony. Is the building/A-Frame still standing?
BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2592	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Tue, Jan 18, 2011 8:09 AM I think the A Frame is gone, I don't remember it being there but on that section of PCH you're usually zooming by so I can't say for sure. How's that for a waffle answer? :lol: I think that when it was Bobby McGee's it looked like an old house and here's how I last remember the location as Speedway! which is also now gone. [ Edited by: Bora Boris 2011-01-18 10:23 ]
T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 18, 2011 10:33 AM On 2011-01-17 17:19, Dustycajun wrote: Some more info from the mysterious Beach Boy. I tried for this menu on ebay recently that has a great photo of the exterior of the restaurant on the front. The menu also had a picture of the inside, looks like a nice courtyard with palm trees, lava rocks, water features..... and a rather unique Tiki in the corner that is shown on Mimi's napkin. Anybody out there recognize the style or carver?? DC Wow, What a beautiful place.What is it now, a Walgreens ? :(
BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2592	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Tue, Jan 18, 2011 10:57 AM On 2011-01-18 10:33, tikiyaki wrote: Wow, What a beautiful place.What is it now, a Walgreens ? :( No, not a Walgreens. Don't be silly. :(
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 18, 2011 4:49 PM Interesting logo similarity: Then there was also this A-Frame, in Salt Lake City: ...one of Johnny Quong's places.
1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 1:03 PM Wonder what ever happened to the trademark tiki that was there ..if it is still in existence?Here is an image of a tee shirt I saw today on ebay .
L lunavideogames Grand Member (5 years) San Diego Joined: May 09, 2012 Posts: 1878	L lunavideogames Posted posted on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 1:16 PM On 2014-10-20 13:03, 1961surf wrote: Wonder what ever happened to the trademark tiki that was there ..if it is still in existence?Here is an image of a tee shirt I saw today on ebay . I think I have that T-shirt. Made by ...Lost. I might be able to get a better picture, but this should work for the time being. I never thought that it was from an actual image from the past. The tiki is strange, like nothing I have seen before. [ Edited by: lunavideogames 2014-10-21 13:29 ]
1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 11:01 AM This is an original rare paper place mat from the " The Beach Boy " tiki restaurant and coffee shop .This was recently found in a cardboard box in a friends parents attic, and had been there for years all folded.It was given to me because he knew I may know something about the place, as well as he knows I am a tiki nut.I will try and post some better photos after I get some of the wrinkles steamed out.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 11:50 AM Cool! Please post a close up of the A-frame rendering then!
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Wed, Feb 25, 2015 8:00 AM I picked up a menu from the Beach Boy that has a rendering of the A-Frame on the cover with the "beach boy" logo (this would also make a good T-Shirt!) Some nice little graphics on the inside. And, here is the napkin again from Sabu's post that turned in to a Red X. DC
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Wed, Feb 25, 2015 1:00 PM You the man, Dusty! can't believe your able to find these...

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