Hawaiianology

"Nothing like it! Only 20 Minutes Drive from Town!" Pearl City Tavern (1939-July 15th, 1993), aka PCT, was on corner of Kamehameha Highway, Lehua Avenue cat lot and acted as a Pearl City landmark as a popular destination. The first Town & Country Surf Shop was across the street at the time, so the area was filled with shops to go to before or after eating at the restaurant. Guests like KGU Radio (1940’s) had done broadcast shows from Pearl City Tavern with Marie Mitchells or when Johnny Carson came. The shop had its hardships with a fire at the top of roof with the trees, then there was when the waters flooded it in the late 1950’s and was destroyed by a raging mob in the 1970’s. Mauka of the water was the where the location was where Pan Am Clipper’s could be heard with their propellers thundering and splashes being heard made it seem to present the magic of air travel. Location was everything Pearl Harbor had a landing area for air to water aircrafts. Old plantation sty...