New (old) tiki bar find in Quebec - Le Luau

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T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Sun, Oct 20, 2002 8:26 PM I think I hit upon a place no one has seen yet - not in our circles anyway, except for maybe John Trvisonno - it's called Le Luau and it is in St-Adele, Quebec. I found it BY ACCIDENT when I picked up the local french language newspaper and struggled through it to find some flea market info - only to find Le Luau ("cuisine chinoise et exotique depuis 1973") was the topic of the restaurant review this month! HOORAY! IT's pretty damn cool too, for a joint in a one horse town like St-Adele. I'll post pics in a day or 2...
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 7:27 PM Doez it 'ave Les Tikis? And what aboud ze coktelles? Pepe Le Piu
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 8:16 PM It has a small asortment of tikis... and ze cocktails - well the menu is still authentic 1973, and I ordered a coco something in a coconut mug with an umbrella. You can also get drinks in pineapples. They have plenty of blowfish lamps and glass floats... and the bar is 50's cool personified. Tomorrow I will post 'les pics' for all to see, if I am not too busy at work..
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 2:36 PM Sorry it took me so long! Here's some pics of Le Luau! The front door of Le Luau The obligatory wee bridge and fountain Tiki avec geranium (?!!) Le menu I saw these masks advertised in a Palley's ad from the 60's that I had as "African Masks". Pretty cool nonetheless The cocktail menu evidently hasn't changed since Nixon was prez! Blowfish chandelier? The very swanky bar! Dig that lighting.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 3:20 PM Weird! Judging from the wall treatments and the red brick lined windows, it looks like before it became "Le Luau", it might have been "El Toro" or something Spanish...
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 3:20 PM Weird! Judging from the wall treatments and the red brick lined windows, it looks like before it became "Le Luau", it might have been "El Toro" or something Spanish...
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:38 PM That was the conclusion we came to as well, Ithought it had a definite Moorish/Spanish conquistador chic thing going on - wwith the stucco walls and curved doorways. Still, it works. We must still explore the unexplored link between conquistador chic and polynesian pop - could it be that both used black velvet as canvases extensively? Ole! Ole-ha? ALOHA!!!
T Tangaroa Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 25, 2002 Posts: 1566	T Tangaroa Posted posted on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:53 PM Wow - what a unique find.... It does have a bit of that Mexican Restaurant ambience tho...
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 4:46 AM Oh, you California people are so SPOILED!!! You don't know what it's like up here - that's the best I've got besides the Jardin Tiki!
T tikilee Grand Member (1 year) The Enchanted Mitten Joined: Sep 17, 2002 Posts: 122	T tikilee Posted posted on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 10:58 AM I liked the pictures. Perhaps the Venetian plaster walls were created to give a sort of rough walled Volcano vibe. Nice find Fishsticks, It's much more impressive than Chin Tiki's. I was considering a visit to the Chin bar myself since I live about 50 miles north of Detroit, but after reading your review I decided to save myself the trip.
B bambooh Member Los Angeles Joined: Aug 07, 2002 Posts: 28	B bambooh Posted posted on Tue, Oct 29, 2002 12:12 PM Very Cool!!
PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1703	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Mon, Oct 9, 2006 8:28 PM [ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-17 17:37 ]
SF Slacks Ferret Tiki Socialite Calgary Joined: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 1395	SF Slacks Ferret Posted posted on Tue, Oct 10, 2006 7:05 PM Nice bump Fil/. I missed this post altogether.

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