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Defunct tiki not included,
distances are as the crow flies.
ad, 157
menu, 157
model, 105
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This restaurant, along with Johnny's Tiki Hut in Salt Lake City, was owned by Johnny Quong. Docky's Sports Club now sits on the spot.
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QUONG was the master of environmental theming and mood - more than he knew. THE HAWAIIAN was a large "black box" canvas in which he recreated a Polynesian Village - interior construction was classic bamboo, reed, and thatch crafted into various huts set against a nice mix of foliage and rough gunnite walls emulating Lava rock. His TIKI collection (some animated) was second to none. The interior adornments were classic exotica complete with customary glass float balls, outrigger canoes, puffer fish, novel bamboo lanterns (which all had an independent flicker mode a-la Disney), and rounding it out, he had many shields, spears, and carvings too.
Although Johnny Quong owned many restaurants in the Salt Lake area (BEACH BOY, PAPPA QUONGS, TIKI HUT, PIER 54, and even THE POLYNESIAN before Benny Chan bought it) THE HAWAIIAN was his crowning achievement. I shudder to think what it would cost to recreate in today's dollars. Sadly, it is gone and so is John and Mary Quong. I hope to one day create something like it!