The Outrigger - Monterey, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Sweatshirt tucson the Desert Inn closed on

the Desert Inn closed on August 28

wearing a plumed helmet and holding a bat over one shoulder

when these themed establishments offered middle-class Americans a taste of South Pacific romance without leaving their own neighborhoods

Mandatory uniform for the cookout's resident character

A digital illustration of Frank the bus driver depicts a figure with light brown hair and a blue button-up collared top

The Outrigger - Monterey, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Sweatshirt tucson the Desert Inn closed onThe Outrigger opened its bamboo doors in Monterey during the late 1950s, riding the wave of America's post war Polynesian obsession that transformed California's coastal cities into tropical escapes. This legendary tiki sanctuary on the Monterey Peninsula became a cultural landmark where locals and tourists alike gathered under carved wooden totems and glowing pufferfish lamps, sipping mai tais while the Pacific Ocean crashed just beyond the palm