The Outrigger - Monterey, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Tank Top Size:M Spring Street hotels housed travelers

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The Outrigger - Monterey, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Tank Top Size:M Spring Street hotels housed travelersThe 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