Kona Kove Lounge - West Covina, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt south dakota A cartoon red lobster mascot

A cartoon red lobster mascot with a wide grin and antennae hoists a barbell overhead with its claws

dark green palm trees

a 24-hour diner that never turned its lights off

" with "Border" and "League" in cursive script flanking the leaf and "EST

Spring Street hotels housed travelers drawn to a booming metropolis still defining itself

Kona Kove Lounge - West Covina, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt south dakota A cartoon red lobster mascotTiki lounges like Kona Kove brought Polynesian escapism to suburban Southern California during the mid century boom. Nestled along West Covina's Walnut Creek Parkway, it offered a taste of the South Pacific without leaving the San Gabriel Valley. Places like this turned ordinary evenings into something exotic, one mai tai at a time. Part of our Vintage Tiki collection, celebrating the defunct golden era bars of yesteryear. The Details: Gold brown