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 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.