{"id":207,"date":"2006-12-23T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2006-12-23T17:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/12\/23\/zombie-village-menu-oakland-ca\/"},"modified":"2006-12-23T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T17:28:34","slug":"zombie-village-menu-oakland-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/12\/23\/zombie-village-menu-oakland-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Village Menu &#8211; Oakland, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image418\" title=\"front\" alt=\"front\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2006\/12\/zombie-village-front.jpg?w=840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is also a mailer menu. My first thought looking at this menu cover is, it&#8217;s kinda creepy. But then I think, &#8220;Zombie Village&#8221;, hello! Creepy indeed!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"back\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2006\/12\/zombie-village-back.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" id=\"image421\" title=\"back\" alt=\"back\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2006\/12\/zombie-village-back.thumbnail.jpg?w=840\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>A little watercolor of the joint is nice on the back. <a title=\"Critiki\" href=\"http:\/\/www.critiki.com\/cgi-bin\/location.cgi?loc_id=124\" target=\"_blank\">From the Critiki entry<\/a> it appears this either was or became a Skipper Kent&#8217;s place. Once again, there is almost nothing on Tiki central about the place. Makes me wonder. If Zombie Village had been in Tennessee, I would have searched out everything I could about the place and posted it on TC. Just goes to show how jaded Californians are about tiki.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"insidejpg\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2006\/12\/zombie-village-inside.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"840\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" id=\"image422\" height=\"96\" alt=\"zombie-village-inside.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2006\/12\/zombie-village-inside.jpg?fit=840%2C96\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a> The inside of the menu has that nice line at the bottom that reveals the mug price is included in some of the drink prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is also a mailer menu. My first thought looking at this menu cover is, it&#8217;s kinda creepy. But then I think, &#8220;Zombie Village&#8221;, hello! Creepy indeed! A little watercolor <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/12\/23\/zombie-village-menu-oakland-ca\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[542,11,539,540],"tags":[246,282,702,440],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","tag-menu","tag-oakland","tag-og-tiki-central","tag-zombie-village"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-3l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":574,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2010\/10\/09\/south-seas-club-anchorage-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":207,"position":0},"title":"South Seas Club &#8211; Anchorage Alaska","author":"Swanky","date":"October 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, that's right, it's a bear with topless island girls, having a cocktail. Oh, and an old miner too. That's from the drink menu for a very unique Tiki bar in Alaska. Right, Alaska. This great menu is obviously a perversion parody or the classic Trader Vic's menu. In one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/architecture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/charleston-2010-001a-500x360.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":124,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/10\/vintage-tonga-room-tropical-drink-recipes\/","url_meta":{"origin":207,"position":1},"title":"Vintage Tonga Room Tropical Drink Recipes","author":"Swanky","date":"July 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought this menu for obvious reasons. The drink prices tell me it's pretty old. I love the graphics and I love the imagery of the Tonga Room. 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This site says it opened on November 27th 1935. \u00c2\u00a0 This is a pretty impressive menu. More\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":689,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2011\/05\/10\/hawaiian-village-iii-myrtle-beach-nc\/","url_meta":{"origin":207,"position":5},"title":"Hawaiian Village III &#8211; Myrtle Beach, NC","author":"Swanky","date":"May 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got this postcard of the Myrtle Beach Hawaiian Village. Great to see the exterior and another interior shot. The front is classic A-frame with Witco on the doors. Another view of the Witco Tiki in the center. Check out the funky round lights on the tables. 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