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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dinner menu from Luau Hut - Washington D.C. & Bethesda, MD

Item added on November 19, 2006, 9:08 AM
Latest picture added on November 19, 2006, 9:22 AM

The Luau Hut had 2 locations in the Maryland/Washington D.C. area. Owners Moon Kim, Paul Malonson, and Bob Gibbons opened the Bethesda / Silver Spring location first, at 8407 Ramsey Ave. The second Luau Hut was on Capitol Hill, at 14 F St NW near Union Station. The restaurant ( with thatched-roof theme) was located at the street level, and the Outrigger Lounge was downstairs.

This 1967 dinner menu features the signature hula girl, which was also incorporated onto their souvenir tiki mugs.