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re: Anybody remember the tiki restaurant at Ponchartrain beach

Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:30 am to
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8539 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:30 am to
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I would like to see some old photos of this whole Pontchartrain Beach park from back in the day.v
Whatever yall got.



To the OP. I remember the restaurant and how it looked but never ate there.

I don’t have any personal pictures. Googling “old Pontchatrain Beach “ brought up some pictures of the park and beach.

I remember going to the park and swimming at the pool. This would have been 1961 or 1962. IIRC the pool was shut down during desegregation.

I’m going back to bed so I can’t post any of the pictures that I found. Early morning doctor appt.

Just Google and go to images. Each photo will lead to a story with likely more photos.

The “ Wild Mouse “ and the “Big Zephyr “ were my favorites.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 12:35 am
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28348 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:37 am to
Will do. I want to know more about it.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15385 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:10 am to
One summer one of my cousins and I worked the midway of the amusement park. He worked in the Ski-Ball area and I was working the "Milk Bottle" booth.

We'd catch the St. Claude bus and then transfer to the Elysian Fields bus to get to work and back home.

It was fun as a young teen checking out all the gals heading up and down the midway, but hot as hell in the summer months in that booth that was only open to the front and facing the lake.


As for the Bali Hai Restaurant, my date and I wound up there for my high school Senior Prom. Back then that was a hot spot for teens on prom night.
Posted by TigahTeeth
Georgia
Member since Feb 2016
5207 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 6:52 am to
I remember not being tall enough to ride the Super Zephyr. Bummer I never got too.
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