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UPDATE 3\/4\/2017<\/strong>: Tiki Centralite HopeChest realized the Tiki Bob Mainland location <\/a>is now the current location of Pagan Idol<\/a>. Not even the owners realized it due to a wrong street address perpetuated over time. The below image was the key!<\/p>\n

From Rogue Magazine, November 1959 we have these images of a great idea in Tiki History, the lunch hour lingerie show! This was at the San Francisco Tiki Bob’s<\/a>. This place is now closed, but the Tiki Bob support pole is still there, waiting. And you thought the Mai Kai bar gals were a little risqu\u00e9!<\/p>\n

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Man, dig those skull mugs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE 3\/4\/2017: Tiki Centralite HopeChest realized the Tiki Bob Mainland location is now the current location of Pagan Idol. 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