Jardin Tiki [SEP] inception
Jardin Tiki
Jardin Tiki was a tiki-themed buffet restaurant established in 1986 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and closed 28 March 2015.
History.
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, a renowned tiki-themed restaurant located from 1958 to 1981 at 1455 Peel Street, at the former Mount Royal Hotel in downtown Montreal. Chan, who left Kon-Tiki in the 1970s, opened his first
Scenes from the 1998 film "C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux", the 2006 "René Lévesque" television miniseries and the 2008 movie "Truffe" by Kim Nguyen, 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.
External links.
- Official website (from the Internet Archive Wayback