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The Chart Room · Year by Year

1953

5 opened · 2 closed · 2 milestones

The Golden Age. Polynesian palaces rise in every American city — supper clubs, floor shows, mystery drinks, three-story moai.

On This Year’s Chart

Dated milestones
July 25Steve Crane reopens Sugie’s Tropics as The Luau at 421 N. Rodeo Drive
December 2The Kalua Room opens in Seattle’s Hotel Windsor — one of the Pacific Northwest’s first true tiki rooms

Opened

New soundings
OpenedDon the Beachcomber
OpenedKalua Room (Hotel Windsor)
OpenedKing Yum
OpenedThe Luau
OpenedThe Waikiki Room

Closed

Lights out
ClosedSugie's Tropics
ClosedThe Tropics (Hotel Chicagoan)

Trade Routes

The empires move
Don the BeachcomberDon the Beachcomber Palm Springs — Palm Springs, CA opens
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpireThe Luau — Beverly Hills, CA opens