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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Pago-Pago, Portland, OR (restaurant)

Post #276319 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 3, 2007 1:18 PM

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On 2006-06-08 14:51, Rum Demon wrote:
Tiki history tells us most such places came about after WW2, but Portland was a pretty busy maritime hub before that. Maybe, just maybe this was a pre-boom establishment.

In the other threat on the Disney Pago Pago in Burbank I mention that, judging by all of the material collected so far, Pago Pago as a night club name was popular in the PRE-WWII and in the war years, the 30s and early 40s (It was clearly a Pre-Tiki period term). There was a popular song (year?), and a 1940 movie that might have inspired restaurateurs:

http://www.geocities.com/~themistyone/images/sopp_ad.jpg

What a cool place, I love that they resurrected the diorama!