Jack Howard's Tropics Club, Battle Creek , MI (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2465	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 4:12 AM Name:Jack Howard's Tropics Club Type:restaurant Street:76 W. Michigan Ave. City:Battle Creek State:MI Zip: country:USA Phone: Status:defunct Description: The Tropics Club was mentioned a long while back on the Tiki finds thread. I finally had the chance to do a bit of research on the place. I didn't find much and will have to go back and do a heavy history excavation through the microfilm when I get the time. 1942 for the opening is an early date for this type of restaurant in this part of Michigan. Seems that Mr. Howard was a busy man in the area. The mention of the opening of The Escape Restaurant in 1958 is interesting as well. Here is a copy of Mr. Howard's obituary that I found. Hopefully more info and photos will turn up for this pre Tiki location and show the evolution of the style in Michigan. I'll keep digg'n. Thanks. A matchbook originally posted by Dustycajun. [ Edited by: uncle trav 2010-08-25 04:15 ]
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 7:34 PM Trav, Good luck with the research. You left the best part of the matchbook out! DC
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 9:15 PM That looks like the "Hurricane" motif...maybe they had a "tropical rain storm" effect?
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 4:41 PM Picked up an older matchbook from Jack Howard's Tropics Club, two floor shows nightly. DC [ Edited by: Dustycajun 2011-01-08 06:49 ]

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uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 4:12 AM

Name:Jack Howard's Tropics Club
Type:restaurant
Street:76 W. Michigan Ave.
City:Battle Creek
State:MI
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
The Tropics Club was mentioned a long while back on the Tiki finds thread. I finally had the chance to do a bit of research on the place. I didn't find much and will have to go back and do a heavy history excavation through the microfilm when I get the time. 1942 for the opening is an early date for this type of restaurant in this part of Michigan. Seems that Mr. Howard was a busy man in the area. The mention of the opening of The Escape Restaurant in 1958 is interesting as well. Here is a copy of Mr. Howard's obituary that I found. Hopefully more info and photos will turn up for this pre Tiki location and show the evolution of the style in Michigan. I'll keep digg'n. Thanks.