Comments on: UPDATED: The Continuing Saga of San Francisco’s Tonga Room

By: LibertyImages's Blog

LibertyImages's Blog — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:46:53 +0000

Saving Tiki, Saving history?…

As you can probably tell from the general subject matter of my photography, I love things vintage: classic cars especially, but also the architecture, the culture, the clothing. These things say a great deal about who we were and who we are—espec…

By: JMGIII

JMGIII — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:13:30 +0000

Sadly, the march of progress…er…marches on.

Something like this happened to the famous Taboo in Palm Beach, FL. Very posh location in a VERY posh city catering to a VERY posh clientele. To the people who owned it all that “kitsch” from the 60s was an embarrassment of epic proportions and it had to go.

So they neutered the place, keeping only the name. And now it’s pretty indistinguishable from any other semi-upmarket restaurant in any semi-posh resort area.

Blah.

By: Swanky

Swanky — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:33:52 +0000

The pieces will not do anything to replace the whole. Might as well auction off the decor. Putting it some other room will just be some stuff in another place. It is an era that is just gone. Giant, lavish, over the top architecture, the Supper Club. It is just not cost effective and really it is a wonder any places like this exist today. Especially where it is. The Kahiki was in a “low rent” area and that maybe kept it around a while longer… Sad. I will likely never get to see it. I won’t be able to truly visit California until next August…