Hawaiian plants in Aloha Cafe

Transcript

Craig Nagasawa: " If you went to Aloha Cafe, I think, you'll have to ask Wade Doi about this, I believe his father was from Hawaii. So the inside of their restaurant, Aloha Cafe, had all of these potted plants that were Hawaiian. These, one of those big leaved things, these kind of iris type things with a big stem in the middle. They're very ornamental looking. Anyways. They had all of these sort of plants along the walls, potted. They were big though, they would grow up but they were really specific to Hawaii. And so again, I remember going in there and thinking, this is completely different than anything you would see in any other store."

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Opening of the Aloha Café on First South.
Opening of the Aloha Café on First South. Source: Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive
Craig Nagasawa, Robin Doi and Wade Doi.
Craig Nagasawa, Robin Doi and Wade Doi. Creator: Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive

Location

128 W. 1st So

Metadata

Craig Nagasawa, “Hawaiian plants in Aloha Cafe,” Utah Japantown Stories, accessed November 3, 2026, https://utahjapantownstories.com/items/show/14.