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The Chart Room · Year by Year

1985

1 opened · 8 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
February 6Steve Crane dies in Pauma Valley, one day short of his 69th birthday

Opened

New soundings
OpenedThe Aloha Restaurant

Closed

Lights out
ClosedDave Wong's China Sails
ClosedDon the Beachcomber
ClosedKau Kau Restaurant & Polynesian Room
ClosedKona Kai (Marriott)
ClosedLea Lea Room at the Mission Inn
ClosedTapa Room
ClosedThe Hawaiian
ClosedTrader Vic's

Trade Routes

The empires move
Don the BeachcomberDon the Beachcomber — Hollywood, CA closes
Don the BeachcomberDon the Beachcomber Palm Springs — Palm Springs, CA closes
Don the BeachcomberDon the Beachcomber Dallas — Dallas, TX closes
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpirePorts O' Call at the Southland Center — Dallas, TX closes
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpirePorts o' Call — Toronto, ON closes
Stephen Crane's Kon-Tiki EmpireKon-Tiki at the Sheraton Waikiki — Honolulu, HI closes
The Dobbs House LuauThe Luau — Atlanta, GA closes
The Dobbs House LuauLuau Room, Standiford Field — Louisville, KY closes