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The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight between Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank H. Reid, and Jesse Murphy that took place on Friday, July 8, 1898, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. Smith was shot in the heart and died shortly afterwards, and Reid died of his injuries 12 days later.
Old menu cover, original Trader Vic's, Oakland. Trader Vic's is a restaurant and tiki bar chain headquartered in Emeryville, California, United States.Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (December 10, 1902 in San Francisco – October 11, 1984 in Hillsborough, California) founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname, "Trader Vic".
From California, tiki spread north, and The Alibi Tiki Lounge is a currently operating tiki bar established in Portland, Oregon from 1947. The Kalua Room opened as part of the Windsor Hotel in Seattle in 1953 and was one of the first to put a tiki-like image next to their restaurant's name. [ 16 ]
Aug. 11—Charges filed against a Pittsburgh man appear to show that a heated argument between a bar patron and security led to a shooting which sent five people to the hospital, three in critical ...
Tiki Boyd's was a tiki bar in Denver, Colorado, in operation from 2005 to 2006. Experimental sound/noise musician Boyd Rice designed the bar, revamping the bar originally known as the East Coast Bar located in the Ramada Denver Downtown. [1] A tiki enthusiast, Rice provided art from his personal collection for the bar. [2]
When is Dockside Bar & Grill open? The restaurant will be open on Mother's Day weekend from 10 to 3 on that Saturday and Sunday. After that, it will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through ...
The Kahiki restaurant was established at the height of popularity for tiki culture in the United States. Its owners, Bill Sapp and Lee Henry, had operated a bar nearby, the Grass Shack. The Polynesian-themed bar was frequented by World War II veterans in the 1950s. It was destroyed in a fire, prompting creation of the Kahiki Supper Club. [3]
The Mai-Kai is a Polynesian-themed restaurant and tiki bar in Oakland Park, Florida. It opened to the public on December 28, 1956, and is one of the few "Grand Polynesian Palaces of Tiki" still in operation today. [3] In 2015 it was named the "best tiki bar in the world" by Critiki, an organization of fans of Polynesian pop culture. [4]