Polynesian Inn Restaurant in Albuquerque - Collecting Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 10:46 PM Anyone know anything about this place? A kind soul sent me a link to this postcard, which just sold on eBay: I've created a page for it in Critiki: Polynesian Inn Restaurant It's a bummer the back of the postcard is nearly impossible to read. I can about make out the words "ORDERS TO TAKE OUT" and "Chinese" and "American" and that's about it. The postcard sold for over $70! (Side note -- check out the way the postcard was used. It's to a TV station in Albuquerque, and the only info on the note side is someone's address & phone number... Mrs. Clark, Jr. was entering a contest with her local television station.) It looks like the sign on the right of the building could possibly say "Tahitian Room", and I can't tell what the sign on the other side of the building says. A quick trip to Google Maps/StreetView reveals that there's a very small park and an older-looking Denny's ('70s, maybe?) on the rough spot where this once stood. My Google searching turned up bupkis. Albuquerque had a Polynesian Cocktail Lounge, but I'm pretty sure there's no connection, as that place opened in 1990 and its origins are pretty well-documented and don't mention this place as a predecessor. Thoughts? Ideas? Sharper eyes than mine? Better yet -- KNOWLEDGE?

Anyone know anything about this place? A kind soul sent me a link to this postcard, which just sold on eBay:

I've created a page for it in Critiki:

It's a bummer the back of the postcard is nearly impossible to read. I can about make out the words "ORDERS TO TAKE OUT" and "Chinese" and "American" and that's about it. The postcard sold for over $70! (Side note -- check out the way the postcard was used. It's to a TV station in Albuquerque, and the only info on the note side is someone's address & phone number... Mrs. Clark, Jr. was entering a contest with her local television station.)

It looks like the sign on the right of the building could possibly say "Tahitian Room", and I can't tell what the sign on the other side of the building says.

A quick trip to Google Maps/StreetView reveals that there's a very small park and an older-looking Denny's ('70s, maybe?) on the rough spot where this once stood. My Google searching turned up bupkis. Albuquerque had a Polynesian Cocktail Lounge, but I'm pretty sure there's no connection, as that place opened in 1990 and its origins are pretty well-documented and don't mention this place as a predecessor.

Thoughts? Ideas? Sharper eyes than mine? Better yet -- KNOWLEDGE?

Post #445813 by Humuhumu on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 10:46 PM