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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Aloha Jhoe's, Palm Springs, CA (restaurant)

Post #468592 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 2:54 AM

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Thanks Trav, that B&W option could make the pics somewhat usable indeed, especially this one with the sign:

Here is another slide that the survived the wrong soup it was developed in a little better (with the sign in the b.g.):

And since DustyCajun is doing such great work in making individual "Locating Tiki" posts as complete as possible, here are some more Aloha Jhoe's artifacts, clipped from the collection of passionate Aloha Jhoe's collector Bongofury. All this stuff is quite rare, since the place only existed for a brief period:

Two different ashtrays:

The standard Moai mug with the logo:

The especially rare Sascha Brastoff candle holder!:

And here those highly coveted 3D slides that came up on e-bay a while back:

..of which this one proves that the top knot of the logo Tiki served as a torch!

What we are missing now are any shots of the INTERIOR.

Hmm..now I really feel inspired to share my extensive Duk Duk research on TC.... (which led to a scandalous revelation!)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-07-13 03:14 ]