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Post #686436 by TropicDrinkBoy on Thu, Jul 18, 2013 9:13 PM

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JOHN-O, take a look at my post near the bottom of this page of the Tonga Room thread in Locating Tiki, complete with pictures. It became a nautical restaurant around 1945, a Hawaiian/Tropical restaurant in 1953 and a Polynesian Palace in 1967 (and refreshed a few years ago).

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=23662&forum=2&start=105&113

There is a detailed history here:

http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/20090915_tongaupdate.jpg.pdf