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Pago Pago Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, Tucson, AZ (restaurant) |
tikivixen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 28, 2002
Posts: 724
From: Vallejo CA
|  Posted: 2005-09-11 11:50 am Permalink
Name:Pago Pago Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
Type:restaurant
Street:2201 Oracle Road
City:Tucson
State:AZ
Zip:85705
country:USA
Phone:n/a
Status:defunct
Description:
This ashtray just sold on EBay for what is to me a rather insane amount of money...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6206251826&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
But on the other hand, Col. Batguano (a Strangelove fan! You rule!) may have a point. I've done several exhaustive TC searches and find no mention of this place. Please pardon me if I missed it--I tried alternative spellings galore, etc.
Here's the picture:
I know exactly where it is as I once stayed at a (Tiki, natch) motel several blocks up the street. When I look the address up, it's now a fabric and textile graphic design joint. So, no more Pago Pago. I also note that the street's evidently grown a lot, since there's now a North Oracle designation, but back when this ashtray was made it was just Oracle Street, period.
Anyone know anything else about this place? I like the pic on the ashtray. I'm sorry it wasn't still there when I was in Tucson, but hey, at least I got to visit the Kon-Tiki, which is marvelous, by the way--painted tikis and all  .
Here's a link to
SATELLITE MAP
(edited to fix image...)
[ This Message was edited by: tikivixen 2005-09-11 11:59 ]
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tikivixen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 28, 2002
Posts: 724
From: Vallejo CA
| Posted: 2005-09-11 12:00 pm Permalink
...and no, I can't find it in Critiki either! hmmm.
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the drunken hat
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Joined: Dec 20, 2003
Posts: 331
From: Modesto, CA
| Posted: 2005-09-11 6:22 pm Permalink
i've seen some paper goods from pago pago before. it is rare and the menu went for quite a bit as well.
however i'm not sure but i think there is more than one pago pago. this one and one somewhere in california.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2005-09-12 11:58 am Permalink
Bob and Leroy know a lot about this place, they supplied a lot of stuff for it, and took some back when it closed. They were selling a bunch of their old beaten up lamps for a while...it went thru some name changes I think.
...hmm, what else...oh yeah, there are some nice "raised breasts" matches from it...that I remember!
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Kona Chris
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Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Posts: 237
From: Tucson, AZ
| Posted: 2006-09-05 02:50 am Permalink
Looks like another Pago Pago menu was up on ebay, and ended recently, for the very decent price of $8.50. Unfortunately I missed it, and only found the auction tonight.
Pago Pago menu on ebay
And a re-host of the picture in the auction, plus the description:
"This auction is for an authentic vintage menu. This menu is from Pago Pago's Polynesian Dining Room. It was operated by Jack Holcombe and located at 2201 N. Oracle Road in Tucson, Arizona. Menu is a single sheet folded once to make four pages. Menu is not dated but appears to be from 1950's or early 1960's. It measures 8-1/2" x 11" as folded. Covers and interiors have stained area at upper left. Covers show very light soiling and light edge wear. Menu is overall in good used condition. "
Chris
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daveraz
Member
Joined: Sep 05, 2006
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2006-09-05 11:05 am Permalink
I am the buyer of the Pago Pago Menu on Ebay. Great Vintage piece from a place that unfortunatly does operate any longer. The location is now Starbuck Design, a promotional products company. Oracle Road in Tucson has become a little seedy in places and has lots of cheap motels etc.... Anyway I love collecting this stuff. Mahalo!
Dave
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bifcozz
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 17, 2004
Posts: 64 | Posted: 2006-09-20 4:09 pm Permalink
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