happy hour at kon tiki

come for a beverage and a visit at this tucson classic kon tiki lounge ... here is some of the story....
In the 1960s, a man who recently moved to Tucson from Ohio, Dean Short, bought Pago-Pago and changed the name to Ports O' Call. Shortly after, Dean then opened another Tiki bar: Kon Tiki. Named for the
balsa-wood raft that a Norwegian crew sailed from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands, Kon Tiki's interior resembled a luxurious hut, with deep red carpets, bamboo furniture, large fish floats, and Japanese parasols that doubled as lampshades which still hang to this day. In fact, today most of Kon Tiki’s interior is original to its grand opening. It is even home to the largest collection of Milan Guanko (an elite 1950s-1960s Tiki carver) totems in the world. At one point, Kon Tiki also had a parrot exhibit behind the bar (much like Pago-Pago’s atrium experience) that is now outside patio dining space. Kon Tiki is one of the few original Tiki bars still open for business, now owned by Paul Clark for over 25 years.