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The
Historic Chin's Restaurant
28205 Plymouth Road • Livonia, Michigan
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
More
of a Chinese restaurant than a Polynesian one, Chin's Chop Suey
was opened in 1955 by Marvin Chin, who opened the very Polynesian
Chin Tiki in Detroit 12 years later -- Chin Tiki closed in 1980.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
Marvin's son Marlin nows owns and operates Chin's in Livonia,
and some of the tiki decor from Chin Tiki has been relocated here.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
Chin's
Restaurant is located at 28205 Plymouth Road in Livonia, Mich.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
The
decor is authentic tiki - all the requisite blowfish lamps and rattan
walls are there. The stone tiki gods stand guard out front, and
the wooden ones hold fort within.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
A
look inside Chin's Restaurant
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
The
menu is standard Cantonese-Szechuan and American food.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
Some
of the old decor from Chin Tiki in Detroit was relocated to Chin's
in Livonia.
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BY MICHELE K. / ©AMERICAJR.com
See
the gigantic vintage hand-carved tiki statues and the original
tiki bar from the famous Mauna Loa restaurant are now located
here.
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