Halekulani Beach Coffee Shop, Waikiki 1950s

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Halekulani Beach Coffee Shop, Waikiki 1950sIn 1883, businessman Robert Lewers visited Hawaii and decided to build a two storey house for his family on the oceanfront in Waikiki. Local fishermen would berth their canoes at the front of the property and rest, and they called the Lewers family home Halekulani house befitting heaven. In 1907, the modest little property was enlarged and converted into a hotel with five bungalows and then it was repurchased in 1917 and extended again. Today it is

An old photograph of the place shows a low-slung building with colorful neon signs on the roof

This Cat’s Meow went out of business in the 1970s and was replaced by another that became a private members club and offered risqué entertainment

The restaurant served early evening dinner-plate specials that included frogs’ legs

The third resort to open in the gambling mecca

Its main rival was Pan Am

It was popular with British politicians and journalists when they stayed in Blackpool for party conferences but has now closed

one of many restaurants established on the fairground

He was a staff artist for the Los Angeles Times and taught at Otis Art Institute before his death in Los Angeles on June 24

But when curiosity eventually waned

in 1945 it must have made quite a splash

It wasn't a fancy place as you can see from the photos and from the menu

The P38 Lightnings featured on the menu cover were built in the Lockheed Corporation’s massive Burbank factory