This is the oldest surviving tiki bar in Mexico (open since 1958).

It got pretty badly damaged during Hurricane Otis (2023), but it's been repaired and is up and running again.

It's on an island (La Roqueta) so you have to buy a tour which includes the boat trip and some food and drinks once you're at Palao.

Opened around 1952 by a Portuguese man, named Johnny Quaresma (known as "Johnny Christmas" by those who couldn't pronounce his last name and it stuck as a nickname) - the same person who started the Zombie Hut.

The Hawaiian Hut in West Sacramento was a well-established night club restaurant that was very popular in the Sacramento area. When you entered the night club, patrons were greeted by a glass-encased shrunken head. The restaurant was known for an activity in which patrons would race across the dance floor on three legged rocking horses. The senior Johnny Christmas sold the Hawaiian Hut to the Stathos Bros. and the club continued for several years at the same location. The shrunken head was part of the sale.

Soft Opening on November 3rd and Grand Opening on November 5th, 2025.

Formerly the home of Mediterraneo and Brews Hall near the city’s popular Pier Plaza.

Owner Patrick Mescall employed several well-known tiki artisans, including Tiki tOny, to create tiki poles and decor for the new venue. Tony did over 60 carvings, including table lamps, bar decorations, and wall decorations.

Interior design completed by the Davis Ink Team.

Most notable is their use of actual lava rock on the exterior and interior walls and the over 125 different colored lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

Mescall is a longtime hospitality operator in the South Bay area, with several bars and restaurants already under his ownership. These include Eat at Joe’s, The Hula Hula Room, The Sportsman’s Bar, The Bounty Room, The Sly Fox Irish Pub, Paddy O’Brien’s Irish Pub, and Torrance Tavern.

Opened in 1954 at the Hotel Minnesotan.

Photos show an early shot of the Hotel Minnesotan and later, in 1959, with a skid row resident outside the South Seas Bar.

The Hotel Minnesotan was demolished in 1965, and some of the remaining decor from the South Seas Bar was recovered and used to create the McGuire's Tiki Room a couple of months later at the McGuire's Restaurant where they had several themed rooms over the years.

Opened December 6th, 2024 at their new location at the old Santana Mavericks building (40771 Big Bear Boulevard).

Owned by Michael Sterling Eaton and Sanoe Lake Eaton.

Their first site (40616 Village Dr, Big Bear Lake, California 92305) was a much smaller location, and opened in Big Bear in 2016.

This new location is a full restaurant, and as with their previous incarnation, is known for their sushi and poke bowls and tropical non-alcoholic drinks.

They do not serve alcohol.

This location was part of a Chicago-based chain of Pago Pago restaurants which once had 5 locations, now all long gone.

The five included 227 W. Jackson, 126 N. Wells St., 316 S. Wabash Ave., Schiller Park, and Wheeling.

The mural advertisement on the side of the South Wabash location's brick building in Chicago lasted for many years after its close and is the only photo from any of these locations available.

The building and mural sign was demolished around 2010.

We know that this address hosted the Epicurean Restaurant (Hungarian food) from 1966 and into the 70s. So, the South Wabash Pago Pago must have been open, serving Chinese food and Polynesian drinks, from the mid 70s until its close, perhaps as late as the mid 90s.

There have been several unaffiliated Blue Hawaii restaurants over the years.

This one was located at the Midcity Shopping Center, Portsmouth, Virginia.

It was part of a chain of three locations (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth).

Thrived during the 70s and the exterior photo can be seen in footage of the mall dated 1977.

There have been several unaffiliated Blue Hawaii restaurants over the years.

This one was located in the Janaf Shopping Center in Norfolk.

They took their logo tiki from Ren Clark's Polynesian Village at some point as well.

It was part of a chain of three locations (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth).

Opened in June of 1976. Featured "Chinese American Cuisine" and boasted a Tiki Room.

Closing date is uncertain...

Since 1998, and still as of 2025, the space is part of the Wild Buffalo House of Music (nightclub).

This Pago Pago location (so many unaffiliated locations share the name) was known for its detailed mural on the front of the building.

It was a pre-tiki establishment that thrived in the late 40s and early 50s, serving Chinese and American dinners and "enchanting nectars of the South Seas".

It was certainly one of Marysville's most popular nightclubs. This was, in part, due to their bartender, Louie Ajuria. The chefs at Pago Pago were John and Katie Lim, prominent members of Marysville's Chinese community who were instrumental in developing and continuing Marysville's Bok Kai Festival after World War II.

Many years later, this space was home to Gigi's Nightclub (1990-1996), to the Pub and Grille, to Crocodile Grundies, to Martini's 227 (from 2003-2009), and lastly to Knockouts Sports Bar & Grill (2011).

The historic building that housed the original Pago Pago was destroyed in a fire on September 24th, 2011.

The Kon-Tiki at the Avalon Motel opened in December of 1967. Five miles from downtown Pittsburgh.

The Avalon Motel preceded the opening of the restaurant and was a gradually evolving family-run business...

Frank R. and Elizabeth S. Brown moved to Avalon in 1955 and bought 512 Ohio River Blvd. On the site where they would build their Avalon Motel was a huge farmhouse with a wrap-around porch.

After winning a rezoning court case against some of the neighbors, the first section of the motel was built - the only section which would remain 1-story. This first section included six finished rooms only to start and in the back were an additional six unfinished rooms. It would take another year until this second set of six rooms were ready for rental.

The second phase of construction required some help from Frank & Elizabeth's parents. They refinanced their homes and lent the money which was eventually paid back in less than four years. The room total after the second phase came to 21, with a small, two-bedroom apartment. These additional rooms were located in the building just to the right of the original twelve. Back then, motels never had a room 13 (superstition), so there were actually only 20 available rooms.

After this, the huge farmhouse was brought down and that space converted to more parking. The owners and their children lived in the two-bedroom apartment with their front room opening out into what was essentially the front office.

In 1960, Rooms 22 through 36 were added on the Bellevue side of the motel, making the building an "L" shape. Three of the new rooms were rented as one-bedroom efficiencies.

The final phase of construction, which was the Emsworth side of the motel, started in 1962. With the addition of units 37 through 48, the motel reached its final size.

By the mid 60s the motel was successful enough and the family was feeling constrained by the two-bedroom apartment, so they rented the second floor apartment in the house located on the Bellevue side of the building. A year or so later, they bought that house.

The old 2-bedroom was converted into a coffee shop.

A referendum was passed in the 1966 elections. A couple of years later, all taverns were granted permission to have full service bars.

So, with this law in place, a bar and restaurant was now possible. It was also considered the next logical step since most area motels had a bar/restaurant on premises.

Built in 1967, the new Kon-Tiki restaurant specialized in Polynesian food and drink. With little experience in the food industry, the new owners depended on a hired chef and a head bartender to show them the ropes. One of their restaurant managers was Kein Wee "Que" Moy who would later go on to open the nearby Chin's Polynesian Garden.

On the first floor of the Kon-Tiki was the lounge, a dining room that could seat about 36 people, and an outdoor patio. The second floor was the main dining area. Also on the second floor was a private room suitable for small parties. The Kon Tiki could serve a many as 200. They employed around 50 people.

Around 1972, a group of investors approached the original family with a lucrative offer and they sold the business.

Eventually, the Kon-Tiki was closed (sometime in the 80s?) and the motel began a gradual decline until it became known as a seedy motel with disreputable clients. At least one or two other restaurant concepts replaced the old Kon-Tiki in succession before its reputation completely crashed and burned...

The entire complex was condemned and closed in 2016 due to a fire.

It was torn down in 2019.

Chin's started at least as early as 1974 according to newspaper ads.

It was started by Kein Wee "Que" Moy, a Chinese immigrant who arrived in Pittsburgh in 1951 with his family.

Kein would go on to manage several restaurants before opening his own, including the Chinatown Inn in Downtown, Brown Derby in the Monroeville Mall, Kon-Tiki in Avalon, and Thunderbird Restaurant in Oakmont.

He died at age 79 in 2011.

The restaurant appears to have been popular enough that they decided to open a second fast food version location. In May 1979 Monroeville allowed changes to the former Arby's at 4113 William Penn Highway to become Chin's Tiki Outi.

Kein's sons took over the original restaurant and they re-named it Moy's Cove. The fast food version must not have lasted for very long.

Moy’s Cove had a huge Tiki painted on the outside of the old A-frame and lava rock structure. The Tiki design appeared to be lifted from the Kahiki fireplace.

Below are photos from the restaurant's incarnation as Moy's Cove (circa 2006).