Save The Tonga Room Event at Smuggler's Cove March 23rd @ 5PM!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - To all concerned San Franciscans, Tiki freaks, Dionysians and Sybarites, midcentury fans, and rum aficionados; come one and come all to a gathering at Smuggler’s Cove (650 Gough St. San Francisco, CA 94102) on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 starting at 5:00PM to sign a petition opposing the demolition of the Tonga Room to make way for a parking garage and yet more luxury condominiums. After you sign the petition, stay a while and enjoy a fantastic rum cocktail or two while you mix and mingle with like-minded people and listen to Exotica under the soft glow of Tiki torches and beachcomber lamps. Around 6:00 PM, Chris VerPlanck and Erica Schultz of S.O.S. Tonga will provide a brief update on efforts to save the Tonga Room and exhort you to contact your local supervisors and the president of the Historic Preservation Commission, urging them to designate the Tonga Room as a local San Francisco Landmark. Mahalo!

For more information, contact Chris VerPlanck at [email protected]

About The Tonga Room: http://www.tongaroom.com/?l=0,72,77
About Smuggler’s Cove: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com/
About Kelley & VerPlanck Historical Resources Consulting: http://www.kvpconsulting.com/

Wish I could be there for this.I would like to help and hopefully make a difference
in keeping the Tonga room around for years to come.

Sounds like a Retro Roadmap worthy event to me! I'll put it on the map and see if I can heighten the awareness of this senseless destruction! Please keep me posted on how the meeting goes and anything else Retro Roadmap can do to help!

This event was also posted on the website buffettnews.com......Smuggler's cove got some good exposure. Good luck with this event.

SOS Tonga is really pleased with the turnout last night for the Save the Tonga Room Rally at Smugglers' Cove. Thanks to all who came and signed to the petition. We look forward to the next event at The Forbidden Island in Alameda this summer and maybe in Los Angeles later. Meanwhile the work of lobbying the Historic Preservation Commission begins.