Luau Hut, Washington, DC (Restaurant)

so, what do you say - is this the same moon kim on RCA Victor Records?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoOx_doiuW8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3ptr04k7LNA#!

47-7196 Moon Kim With Joe Reisman's Orchestra And Chorus* I'm Dingy Dongy Over You / Oriental Hop ‎(7") 1958

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2e074ZGIg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ae8A1gAdE

[ Edited by: johnny dollar 2013-06-03 09:45 ]

more luau hut fun from the washington post:

august 6 1981

june 8, 1984

[ Edited by: Johnny Dollar 2013-07-22 19:41 ]

This matchbook is listed for sale on etsy. I thought I would preserve the images here since there wasn't an image of the Silver Springs matchbook. It isn't my sale.

Well here is an interesting development. I was talking to Tiki Shaker at his booth in the International Tiki Market Place last weekend and he showed me this menu catalog from the Art Litho company out of Cleveland, Ohio.

I had heard of this company before as I purchased an unusual menu from the Cleveland Kon Tiki restaurant that they produced.

What does this have to do with the Luau Hut you ask? Well in the catalog there was a stock menu image with the Kahiki Fireplace and another stock image with an assortment of Tiki mug drinks. We wondered if any restaurants actually used this image. Wait for it, bam here it is!

The Luau Hut used the fireplace cover and the stock drink menu image.

Maybe Tiki Shaker will see this and post some pics from the catalog.

DC

awesome!!! thanks! :D

Just picked up another menu from the Luau Hut that was also published by Art Litho.

The back of the menu has a nice articel from John Rosson

DC