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'We've had people try to climb aboard': Tales from the Tonga Room's tiki boat
The musical captain has been on board for 19 years.
What happened
According to SFGATE’s source item, ‘We’ve had people try to climb aboard’: Tales from the Tonga Room’s tiki boat, The musical captain has been on board for 19 years.
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Source
Primary source: ‘We’ve had people try to climb aboard’: Tales from the Tonga Room’s tiki boat via SFGATE. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- 'We've had people try to climb aboard': Tales from the Tonga Room's tiki boatSFGATE - 2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00
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