The Tropics - San Diego, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex T-Shirt great outdoors Arched light blue serif text

Arched light blue serif text reads "NEW HAVEN" above a gold diamond emblem containing a distressed batter silhouette over a light blue Connecticut state outline with a star

flanked by two skeleton dancers in purple jackets with white wild hair and red face paint

but places like this transported entire communities to another world

Brown vintage hand-drawn Bigfoot strides mid-step in the classic Patterson-Gimlin pose

positioned beside cursive script reading "Boll Weevils" with a swooping underline tail

The Tropics - San Diego, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex T-Shirt great outdoors Arched light blue serif textDeep in the heart of downtown San Diego on Broadway, The Tropics transported patrons to a Polynesian paradise from the 1960s through the early 1980s. This legendary tiki bar became a cornerstone of San Diego's exotic cocktail scene, serving up potent rum concoctions in ceramic mugs while bamboo decor and carved tikis created an authentic South Pacific atmosphere. The establishment drew locals and Navy personnel alike, all seeking refuge from