New Shirt!!
And… it’s already sold out.
I made 24. I kept one for myself, one for my girlfriend, and the other 22 sold out.
This is the one I kept (and how it really looks):
The Club Aloha Bar Cafe and legend. You don’t get the reference? I explained it on my Instagram/TikTok video. Check it out.
And here it is in text format if easier for you.
Aloha Bar, originally The Aloha Cafe, opened in 1928 and it was the first pre-tiki bar in Tijuana. Because the H is silent in Spanish, many locals called it “aloa.”
The bar was first opened as The Aloha Cafe during Prohibition in 1928 by Fernando ‘Frank’ Blanco Cota. He’d previously lost The Anchor Cafe in a 1927 fire. Both catered to the US Navy crowd. Cota was born in Ensenada, Baja California, but attended school and lived above the border in San Diego. His place was connected with amateur boxing, promoting bouts between Tijuanans and Americans held in the Aloha Cafe Arena.
The U.S. federal prohibition of alcohol ended in 1933, with California following suit on April 8. A mere two months later, 150 businesses in Tijuana had closed, including 60% of the bars.
As a result Cota regularly advertised the liquor and dancing of his place to San Diegans, beckoning them to experience the racy Honolulu Trio and their ‘latest hula thrills.’ The only things tiki were some decorations, the name, and the hula. Everything else screamed Tijuana tequila bar. No rum there…
Large tropical murals by San Diego artist Russell Dale Moffett (Island Cafe, Sherman’s, Paris Inn, Eddie’s Cafe, Tropic Cafe, Mexican Village and Hillcrest Bowl murals) graced its walls for years.
The legend narrates that a woman danced with the devil at the end of the 70s. She started to float and noticed the man she was dancing with had hooves for feet. The bar was set ablaze.
Many rock bands, including those of Carlos Santana and Javier Batíz, played at The Aloha. It became a disco in the 1970s—and a strip club in the 1980s (notorious, along with The Long Bar and Club Bambi).
The bar caught on fire several times in its history.
In February 2011 it burnt down almost and left it unrecognizable except for the neon sign. In 2018 it was fully demolished. When the property owner was clearing out the building, Russell Dale Moffett’s forgotten murals were found rolled up in the attic. Some have subsequently sold at auction for tens of thousands of dollars…
This 4×6-foot mural from the Aloha Club in Tijuana sold at auction in 2005 for $17,820.
It later became “Downtown” a touristy spot with cheap beer that reminiscences downtown Las Vegas.
Info via: https://classicsandiego.com/restaurants/aloha-cafe-tijuana/
Gracias, Classic San Diego.
New logo!
And on white:
Or on a beer cap logo:
An alternative beer cap logo. But I like the first one better.
And soon! Shirts with the new logo.
But before the shirt with the logo, one more shirt design to go. Then holiday season is upon us and I hope to have a ton of merch for sale.
All new designs, merch, and the rest done by Serijuana.
This website needs a complete revamp, especially for merch.
Right now, I’ve been selling on Instagram and getting paid via Venmo/Zelle. A proper online store is next. And I have to work on it.
And invest on it.
What do you think? Do you like the shirts? The new logo?!
Let me know! AND BUY MY MERCH!
TOURS!
So many tours. And they are getting popular. And I’m getting a lot of copycats. But do not be fool. There is only one Matingas and only one Tijuana Adventure. If you want to tour with me, contact me and let’s Tijuana Adventure!
750,000 views (or close to it) on a video about my bachelor party tours. That’s insane.
New pricing?!
New pricing is virtually still the same pricing.
This is the idea:
$100 to reserve the date.
First hour is free.
$25 every hour after that. Tours average 5-6 hours. It ends up at $200 again.
If it’s more than 4 people, add extra $5 per person. Something like that. Expenses are on you!
Again. As long as I’m making $200 and something extra, I’m happy.
Bachelor parties have special pricing. Add at least $100 in cash for that.
This is a blog post, not the official pricing. But soon I’ll modify the website so it reflects it.
Tours are similar to the videos I upload. I always personalize them to my tourists needs and wants, though there are some stops that often get repeated.
The Tijuana Adventure classic tour, special bachelor parties, and more, now booking for the rest of 2024.
2025 might come with a new job and I might stop doing tours. I might hire someone else to keep it going. But doing tours is tiresome and I’m reaching my limit. It sure is fun. But it’s also very tiresome.
I ain’t complaining. Thanks to all my great tourists during more than 12 years of doing tours!
Let’s Tijuana Adventure!
Cheers!
Tijuana Adventure 
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