Denver Tiki: Trader Vic's vs. Don the Beachcomber - Part 2

More information about Denver Tiki and the Kahanui.

Part 1 ended with Trader Vic opening an Outrigger restaurant in the Cosmopolitan in 1962. Vic had also created other Outrigger locations, including the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Seattle, Washington.





Outrigger location in Seattle, Washington






Outrigger location in Seattle, Washington






This is a postcard of the interior of the Outrigger in Denver. It is a very common postcard and very easy to find, I probably have 15 copies in my collection.







Another postcard of the interior of the Outrigger in Denver. This card is much more rare and difficult to find.







A rare brochure for the Outrigger in Denver. The only copy I have ever seen is in Mimi Payne’s collection. You can see it over at Arkiva Tropika.