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The Chart Room · Year by Year

1975

2 opened · 9 closed · 1 milestone

The Long Ebb. Tastes turn. Decade by decade the great rooms close, burn, or get remodeled into oblivion.

On This Year’s Chart

Dated milestones
October 15Detroit Edison cuts the power to the Statler — the hotel and its Trader Vic’s go dark together

Opened

New soundings
OpenedHawaii Fountain
OpenedRoyal Tahiti

Closed

Lights out
ClosedHawaiian Garden
ClosedJade East
ClosedThe Luau Room, Miami International Airport
ClosedThe Makai Room
ClosedSouth Pacific Polynesian Restaurant & Gardens
ClosedTahiti Hut
ClosedThe Luau
ClosedThe Tiki Lounge — Heart O' Denver
ClosedTrader Vic's — Detroit

Trade Routes

The empires move
Don the BeachcomberDon the Beachcomber at the St. Paul Hilton — St. Paul, MN closes
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpireKon-Tiki Ports at the Sheraton-Boston — Boston, MA closes
The Dobbs House LuauDobbs House Luau — Charlotte, NC closes
The Dobbs House LuauDobbs House Luau — Miami, FL closes