Jardin Tiki | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1986 |
Closed | March 28, 2015 |
Owner(s) | Danny Chan |
Food type | Canadian Chinese cuisine |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address | 5300 Sherbrooke Street East |
State | Quebec |
Postal/ZIP Code | H1V 1A1 |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 45°34′05″N 73°33′10″W / 45.568148°N 73.552645°W |
Website | jardintiki.com (archive) |
Jardin Tiki was a tiki-themed buffet restaurant established in 1986 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and closed 28 March 2015.
Jardin Tiki was opened by Douglas Chan, a Chinese immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the 1950s and worked as a waiter at Kon-Tiki, [1] a renowned tiki-themed restaurant located from 1958 to 1981 at 1455 Peel Street, at the former Mount Royal Hotel in downtown Montreal. [2] Chan, who left Kon-Tiki in the 1970s, [3] opened his first restaurant Tiki Doré in 1974 at 6976 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal. Chan bought back many elements of the Kon-Tiki restaurant's decor at an auction sale held after the Kon-Tiki restaurant's closure in 1981, in order to use them in another more spacious restaurant that he wanted to open. [2] He founded a new business on 14 February 1985 and the following year [1] opened his second restaurant Jardin Tiki (literally Tiki Garden) with the help of then co-owners Albert Wong and Paul Yee, in a former car dealership. [3] Chan sold the Tiki Doré restaurant in 1990. [1] The Tiki Doré restaurant closed in January 2000. [4]
Jardin Tiki was located at 5300 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, facing the Olympic Village in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. It was noted for its kitsch Polynesian decor, its large atrium filled with tropical plants and its pond with live turtles. [5] It got rave reviews in James Teitelbaum's book on the pop-Polynesian phenomenon Tiki Road Trip. [2] [3] The all-you-can-eat buffet served Canadian Chinese cuisine.
Danny Chan, son of Douglas Chan, who died in 2002, took over his father's business. [6] According to its last owner, the only day Jardin Tiki had been closed was the day of his father's funeral. [7]
The Jardin Tiki closed on 28 March 2015. The land and building (including the decor) were purchased by retirement-home mogul Eddy Savoie of Résidences Soleil to make way for a new retirement residence to be built on the site.
Scenes from the 1998 film C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux, the 2006 René Lévesque television miniseries [8] and the 2008 movie Truffe by Kim Nguyen, [6] were shot at Jardin Tiki.
At the time of its closing in 2015, the Jardin Tiki was the last tiki-themed restaurant remaining in Montreal and one of a handful of tiki establishments in Quebec. A notable survivor is the Hôtel Motel Coconut in Trois-Rivières. [3]
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Jardin Tiki | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1986 |
Closed | March 28, 2015 |
Owner(s) | Danny Chan |
Food type | Canadian Chinese cuisine |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address | 5300 Sherbrooke Street East |
State | Quebec |
Postal/ZIP Code | H1V 1A1 |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 45°34′05″N 73°33′10″W / 45.568148°N 73.552645°W |
Website | jardintiki.com (archive) |
Jardin Tiki was a tiki-themed buffet restaurant established in 1986 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and closed 28 March 2015.
Jardin Tiki was opened by Douglas Chan, a Chinese immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the 1950s and worked as a waiter at Kon-Tiki, [1] a renowned tiki-themed restaurant located from 1958 to 1981 at 1455 Peel Street, at the former Mount Royal Hotel in downtown Montreal. [2] Chan, who left Kon-Tiki in the 1970s, [3] opened his first restaurant Tiki Doré in 1974 at 6976 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal. Chan bought back many elements of the Kon-Tiki restaurant's decor at an auction sale held after the Kon-Tiki restaurant's closure in 1981, in order to use them in another more spacious restaurant that he wanted to open. [2] He founded a new business on 14 February 1985 and the following year [1] opened his second restaurant Jardin Tiki (literally Tiki Garden) with the help of then co-owners Albert Wong and Paul Yee, in a former car dealership. [3] Chan sold the Tiki Doré restaurant in 1990. [1] The Tiki Doré restaurant closed in January 2000. [4]
Jardin Tiki was located at 5300 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, facing the Olympic Village in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. It was noted for its kitsch Polynesian decor, its large atrium filled with tropical plants and its pond with live turtles. [5] It got rave reviews in James Teitelbaum's book on the pop-Polynesian phenomenon Tiki Road Trip. [2] [3] The all-you-can-eat buffet served Canadian Chinese cuisine.
Danny Chan, son of Douglas Chan, who died in 2002, took over his father's business. [6] According to its last owner, the only day Jardin Tiki had been closed was the day of his father's funeral. [7]
The Jardin Tiki closed on 28 March 2015. The land and building (including the decor) were purchased by retirement-home mogul Eddy Savoie of Résidences Soleil to make way for a new retirement residence to be built on the site.
Scenes from the 1998 film C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux, the 2006 René Lévesque television miniseries [8] and the 2008 movie Truffe by Kim Nguyen, [6] were shot at Jardin Tiki.
At the time of its closing in 2015, the Jardin Tiki was the last tiki-themed restaurant remaining in Montreal and one of a handful of tiki establishments in Quebec. A notable survivor is the Hôtel Motel Coconut in Trois-Rivières. [3]
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