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1961

23 opened · 1 closed · 2 milestones

High Water. Hawaiian statehood pours gasoline on the fire. The early 1960s are the flood tide — more tiki temples pouring than any time before or since.

On This Year’s Chart

Dated milestones
February 20The Kahiki opens on East Broad Street in Columbus — the most elaborate tiki restaurant ever built
April 28Tiki-Ti opens on Sunset Boulevard — Ray Buhen, a Don the Beachcomber original, out on his own

Opened

New soundings
Still pouringTiki-Ti
OpenedAloha Jhoe's
OpenedDobbs House Tiki
OpenedFrances Langford's Outrigger
OpenedHeddy's Hawaiian & Bamboo Room
OpenedThe Hukilau (Captain's Inn)
OpenedThe Kahiki Supper Club
OpenedKon-Tiki (Sheraton-Cleveland)
OpenedKona Kai (Marriott)
OpenedLeilani Lanes
OpenedLeilani Village
OpenedThe Luau
OpenedPorts O' Call
OpenedSaxony South Seas
OpenedSouth Seas Restaurant & Lounge
OpenedTahiti Hut
OpenedTahitian Village
OpenedThe Polynesia
OpenedThe Reef
OpenedTiki-Kai
OpenedTonga Lei
OpenedTrader Vic's (Statler Hilton)
OpenedTropic Isle

Closed

Lights out
ClosedDon the Beachcomber (International Market Place)

Trade Routes

The empires move
Don the BeachcomberInternational Market Place — Honolulu, HI closes
Trader Vic'sTrader Vic's Washington — Washington, DC opens
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpireKon-Tiki at the Sheraton-Cleveland — Cleveland, OH opens
The Dobbs House LuauThe Luau — Birmingham, AL opens
Tallichet's Tropical PortsPorts O' Call — San Pedro, CA opens