Arkiva Tropika is the online archive of the collection of Mimi Payne. This large collection includes a wide array of mostly pre-1970 menus, postcards, matchbooks, and paper ephemera souvenir items, mainly from Polynesian and other Exotic themed restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bars, and the like.

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cocktail & appetizer menu from Islands- Hanalei Hotel, San Diego, CA

Item added on November 7, 2006, 10:50 AM
Latest picture added on November 7, 2006, 11:08 AM

The Islands restaurant and the Hanalei Hotel are still operational today. The restaurant is currently undergoing more renovations, which, sadly, will cause many of its characteristic elements of Polynesian Pop style to be removed. Check out the recent posts on Humu Kon Tiki here and on Tiki Central here for more details.

This cocktail menu is from the Islands earlier days, circa 1960's.

1960's cocktail & appetizer menu, front cover

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1960's cocktail & appetizer menu, inside page spread

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1960's cocktail & appetizer menu, inside left page

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1960's cocktail & appetizer menu, inside right page

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1960's cocktail & appetizer menu, back page

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