Kona Kai Chateau - Union, NJ - Vintage Tiki Bar - Long Sleeve T-Shirt lamesa The Columbia Inn's entertainment budget

The Columbia Inn's entertainment budget apparently covered sequins

Distressed golden-yellow arched text reads "RIVER PIRATES" flanked by stars in matching ink

" A yellow bowling ball and pin illustration appears at right

Though it closed in 1988

Kona Kai Chateau - Union, NJ - Vintage Tiki Bar - Long Sleeve T-Shirt lamesa The Columbia Inn's entertainment budgetKona Kai Chateau stood along Route 24 in Union, New Jersey, part of the Polynesian restaurant wave that swept suburban America through the 1960s. Tiki bars like this one turned ordinary intersections into tropical escapes, complete with mai tais and carved totems. Some towns never quite got over losing theirs. Part of our Vintage Tiki collection, celebrating the defunct golden era bars of yesteryear. The Details: Bold dark green brush lettering reads