Lee's Hawaiian Islander, Clifton, NJ (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 12:20 PM Name:Lee's Hawaiian Islander Type:restaurant Street:635 Lexington Avenue City:Clifton State:NJ Zip: country:USA Phone: Status:defunct Description: This was the sister location of the Lee's Hawaiian Islander that is located and still operational in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The Clifton restaurant closed due to a fire in 2003. I just got this oversized matchbook from the Clifton location. An image from the website announcing a temporary closure due to the fire. A postcard I posted a while back showing the Clifton (left) and Lyndhurst (right) buildings. I was surprised that I could not find any photos of the Clifton's restaurant on the web. Started this locating thread to see if some may show up. Here is a TC thread that discusses the fire. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4840&forum=1&hilite=lee's hawaiian Now what is also interesting is that there was a third location opened by the Lee's called Lee's Imperial. It was located in Staten Island. I have another oversized matchbook from this location as well. DC

Name:Lee's Hawaiian Islander
Type:restaurant
Street:635 Lexington Avenue
City:Clifton
State:NJ
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:

This was the sister location of the Lee's Hawaiian Islander that is located and still operational in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The Clifton restaurant closed due to a fire in 2003.

I just got this oversized matchbook from the Clifton location.

An image from the website announcing a temporary closure due to the fire.

A postcard I posted a while back showing the Clifton (left) and Lyndhurst (right) buildings.

I was surprised that I could not find any photos of the Clifton's restaurant on the web. Started this locating thread to see if some may show up.

Here is a TC thread that discusses the fire.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4840&forum=1&hilite=lee's hawaiian

Now what is also interesting is that there was a third location opened by the Lee's called Lee's Imperial. It was located in Staten Island. I have another oversized matchbook from this location as well.