The Lanai - San Mateo, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Tank Top Color:True Royal Some alleys were just businesses

Some alleys were just businesses

Ogre's entire vocabulary

with white-gloved hands and a red and white drum body

Green outlined palm trees fill the lower portion of the sign

Nestled in the San Fernando Valley

The Lanai - San Mateo, CA - Vintage Tiki Bar - Unisex Tank Top Color:True Royal Some alleys were just businessesThe Lanai stood as San Mateo's gateway to Polynesian escape, opening during the mid century tiki boom of the 1950s. Along the California peninsula, it carried the same exotic promise that swept the Bay Area after the war. Places like this turned a suburban evening into something transportive, one mai tai at a time. Part of our Vintage Tiki collection, celebrating the defunct golden era bars of yesteryear. The Details: Golden yellow bamboo style