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Zeta
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From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
|  Posted: 2009-04-28 5:40 pm Permalink
Newton South Pacific is awesome!
That's me waving under the sign for human scale...
I think I remember there was a really cool primitive bird lamp in the reception of the restaurant... Am I right? Or was I drunk?
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pappythesailor
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From: Mass.
| Posted: 2009-04-29 07:56 am Permalink
Yeah, that was there last time I was there.
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sputnikmoss
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From: Portland OR
| Posted: 2009-05-22 08:25 am Permalink
Wow! That mug was one of my first thrift store scores. I'm still amazed that a mug found in Portland OR helped "rediscovered" this place!
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2009-05-22 2:06 pm Permalink
Found this great picture taken by Vidaliaa.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-09-22 11:23 pm Permalink
Here's the vintage paper placemat:
The second location in Malden, at 275 Eastern Ave, is now the Sun Kong Chinese restaurant. One of the reviews says they still serve a scorpion bowl in the bar. Has anyone checked it out to see if any of the decor is left?
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-08-16 4:48 pm Permalink
Sabu,
Great place mat, those are hard to come by.
I picked up a matchbook from the South Pacific advertising both the Newton and Malden locations.
 
Close up of the dancing girls under the moon.
DC
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Big Kahuna
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From: SoMass
| Posted: 2010-08-16 5:24 pm Permalink
I still haven't been to this place! Yes, I'm ashamed of myself. I have no excuse. It's not much more than a half hour away from me.
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The Granite Tiki
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From: Nashua, NH
| Posted: 2010-08-16 6:10 pm Permalink
Go Now!
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Big Kahuna
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From: SoMass
| Posted: 2010-08-16 8:52 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2010-08-16 18:10, The Granite Tiki wrote:
Go Now!
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Yes, dear!
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modbetty
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From: Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2012-04-11 09:33 am Permalink
Though some of my photos are a few years old (!!) I'm glad to report that my most recent drive-by by the South
Pacific showed they were still open for business. I did snap a few photos of the giant vintage sign, and while the neon wasn't lit up, the yellow background looked pretty cheery in the sunlight~
http://www.retroroadmap.com/2012/04/10/tiki-room-hidden-in-suburban-boston-south-pacific-newton-ma/
(also a big thanks and shout out to the folks on the 2007 NETT who visited The SoPa and videotaped the cool mural!)
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pappythesailor
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From: Mass.
| Posted: 2012-09-23 02:51 am Permalink
I have some terrible news. It appears the South Pacific is closed. They have a sign on the door that says: Thank you for your years of patronage.
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modbetty
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From: Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2012-10-02 2:57 pm Permalink
I just heard the news myself and am so so so bummed. Looks like they've already gutted the place as well.
There's a Facebook Page for anyone who wants to mourn along with me.
https://www.facebook.com/southpacificmemorial
Anyone wanna meet up at the Bali Hi?
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Big Kahuna
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From: SoMass
| Posted: 2012-10-02 8:13 pm Permalink
AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-10-02 10:17 pm Permalink
Whaaaa...? Isn't that the place with all the great murals lining all the walls? What happened to all that wonderful art? There's a lot of mourning about the food, but these murals were/ are singular - are you sure the were removed/ destroyed? It's worth checking their fate, they should be preserved.
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modbetty
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From: Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2012-10-04 11:36 am Permalink
I don't have high hopes for the interior at all,based on the photo of the gutted kitchen posted to the FB page on 9/27. Sounds like the local folks can't get any additional info about the closing either. First Pago Pago and now SoPa, say it ain't so, Massachusetts!
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