Dobbs House Luau

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BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 2:16 AM I have a chance to buy four menus (1 1940's, 3 laminated 1960's w/drinks) from Dobbs House Luau. Nice graphics. Guy wants 50 bucks. Should I take it or shake it?
P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 8:19 AM Take it and sell the copies. You'll revamp your costs and who knows, you might end up getting the one you keep for free.
T Tiki_Bong Member Huntington Beach, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: -16	T Tiki_Bong Posted posted on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 9:32 PM Basement, I second PolyPop's thought. You'll definately make your dough back.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 15, 2003 7:37 PM The stuff I have seen from Dobb's looks like they had some cool cartoony Tikis, it seems to have been quite a Tiki "power place" in it's area. Definitely get them. (And I think they had more than one location, too...) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2003-03-15 19:38 ]
T tiki_kiliki Member Birmingham, AL Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046	T tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Wed, Apr 30, 2003 10:44 AM I was in Alabama this past weekend and found these Dobbs House Matches and other tiki themed matchbooks as well. The Dobbs House also had the various locations on the side:
S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Mon, May 5, 2003 9:51 AM Dobbs house also had a location in the Miami airport. I have a swizzle stick from there.
K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Tue, Aug 23, 2005 5:42 PM For the archives, a menu from Dobbs House:
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Aug 23, 2005 11:14 PM Wow! VERY nice find, Mahalo for sharing.
PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1703	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Wed, Aug 24, 2005 1:12 AM [ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-15 15:00 ]
B boutiki Tiki Socialite The fly-over states Joined: Jun 03, 2002 Posts: 497	B boutiki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 14, 2006 1:17 PM Great menu Kono. I love seeing anything from Dobbs, being a born and raised Southern boy and all. Plus, stuff from Dobbs House seems pretty obscure and hard to find– which is wierd considering they had multuple locations. So I was at a client's this morning and they said "You are into Tiki, right?"... then they whipped out this menu and said "why don't you take this". After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I insisted I give them some money. Needless to say, it made my day. So here is my new favorite menu: Both sides front and back: This one does not indiate a specific location. Could it have been from the first, before they added locations? I don't know, but that awesome Tiki on the cover, dye-cut, full color.... I love it! They also gave me an old Kon Tiki Ports menu (with the photos of the drinks in the cool Luau mugs). I'll see if there are images of that one already posted, and if not, I'll share those. -Duke
S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Tue, Feb 14, 2006 5:02 PM Cool. I am with you. Dobb's Luau is Tennessee Tiki, and there isn't much of that. I have had a search on Ebay for a while and not gotten a nibble. Indeed rare stuff. In fact, CriTiki does not even include Dobb's Luau for Memphis.

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