At an establishment as beloved and historic as San Francisco’s 79-year-old Tonga Room, even the smallest of alterations can feel like a stab to the heart for longtime patrons. Recently, the tiki bar ...

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The Tonga room at the Fairmont Hotel is an over the top Polynesian-style Tiki bar featuring indoor rain storms, but the hotel owners say it has no place in their renovations plan. That $130 million ...

A pupu platter and tropical drinks from San Francisco's Tonga Room. - tongaroom/Instagram Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Americans were really into the "exotic" culture of Polynesia and the South ...