{"product_id":"pago-pago-tiki-restaurant","title":"Pago Pago Tiki Restaurant","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"obit-prose\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEddie's Pago Pago opened in the 1940s at 131 East First Street in downtown Long Beach — the flagship of two Pago Pagos run by Eddie Brandhorst, the other being a smaller sister room at 319 North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Long Beach room anticipated the Tonga Room and every Polynesian Pop water-feature room that followed it. Brandhorst staged rainfall on the roof, ran dancers, and decked the interior in murals of Pago Pago nymphs painted by a Long Beach artist named Allan Woods — a defense Brandhorst once published in the Desert Sun read, in part: \"Ladies, do not fear for your husbands in the Mural Room. I know how they gaze at the Pago nymphs on the Pago walls — but they're only painted there.\" It opened just after the war, when the West Coast was full of returning Pacific veterans, and ran the full arc of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe address kept selling cocktails after Brandhorst was gone — by 1963 it had reopened as a room called Pacific, same building, same room, different operator. Pacific ran through the late 70s before the tiki collapse caught up to it too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong Beach in the postwar years was thick with Polynesian rooms — apartment complexes, motels, hotel lounges, drive-ins. By 1990 nearly all of them were gone, and by the time anyone got nostalgic, the buildings were too. There is now exactly one full-time tiki bar in Long Beach. It opened in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe address is now a parking lot between an Italian restaurant and a bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)\u003cbr\u003e• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz.\/yd.² (142 g\/m²)\u003cbr\u003e• Pre-shrunk fabric\u003cbr\u003e• Side-seamed construction\u003cbr\u003e• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping\u003cbr\u003e• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisclaimer: The fabric is slightly sheer and may appear see-through, especially in lighter colors or under certain lighting conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tragically Tiki ","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":53257743892843,"sku":"7295122_14713","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":53257743925611,"sku":"7295122_14714","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":53257743958379,"sku":"7295122_14715","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":53257743991147,"sku":"7295122_14716","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":53257744023915,"sku":"7295122_14717","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":53257744056683,"sku":"7295122_14718","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/5671\/5115\/files\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-vintage-white-front-6a0cf998d2c8d.jpg?v=1779235254","url":"https:\/\/shop.tragicallytiki.com\/products\/pago-pago-tiki-restaurant","provider":"Tragically Tiki ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}