Tommy Wong's Island - Denver

Denver, Colorado, United States

Tommy Wong worked at the Chicago Don the Beachcomber and at the Aku Aku in Las Vegas before becoming a successful restaurateur in his own right.

In 1977 he purchased the Islands restaurant in Phoenix and re-branded it as Tommy Wong's Island Restaurant.

Wong expanded on this purchase and created a mini chain with this Island Restaurant in Denver (currently, as of 2025, a parking lot next to a kosher deli) and an Island Restaurant (or "Islands Restaurant" depending on the advertisement) in Colorado Springs (circa October 1975).

All of his Island restaurants in the chain went under in the 80s along with the first one in Phoenix. The Denver location closed in 1983.

*NOTE: This location is not to be confused with The Islander (formerly the Tiki Kai), which opened in 1971 about 11 minutes north of the Tommy Wong Island location and closed in 1975.