SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Fire up the fog cutters and zombies – it’s time to Tonga again! We’re talking about the legendary Tonga Room in San Francisco. On this week’s Dine and Dish, we’re going ...
Earlier this month, friends and I went to the Tonga Room, located in the famous Fairmont Hotel. It is the ultimate tiki lounge that transports you back to the 1940s. It was designed by Mel Melvin who ...
With such a vibrant and diverse food scene, it can be really hard to choose what to eat in San Francisco, California. There's a plethora of Asian cuisine to choose from, not to mention San ...
Anthony Bourdain's opinion is still immensely valued by food and beverage professionals and enthusiasts alike. He was creative, honest, open-minded, and well-traveled, appreciating dishes and drinks ...
According to my colleague John King, there is a proposal from the owner of the Fairmont Hotel, Maritz Wolff and Co., to tear down the Tonga Room (along with a bunch of other stuff we don't care about) ...
Owner of The Republic, Bin 38 Looking to Relocate The Tonga RoomThe new developers plans for demolishing the Tonga Room include the preservation and sale of its assets. Tonga Room’s Final Fate to Be ...
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 ...
Something seems to bewitch people when they visit a Tiki bar. As the mai tais flow like banter among friends, suddenly all the unique glassware they’ve been sipping from begins to take on an enticing ...
The kitschy contents of the Tonga Room are steeped in so much history that state law requires them to be salvaged and reused or stored after the 1960s-era Tiki bar closes, officials ruled. The Tonga ...
Join Tiki Lindy and Plantation Rum for the amazing evening of a multi-course dinner and rum education at the famous Tonga Room ...
The term “only in San Francisco” is overused. That's a given. But, honestly, in how many cities would one open the paper to read about a brewing preservation battle between developers and tiki bar ...