Dancers Remember Zombie Hut, South Sacramento’s Now-Shuttered Tiki Nightclub

There used to be a Polynesian-themed restaurant and nightclub in South Sacramento called the Zombie Hut, part of the Tiki-culture craze that swept the country in the 1950s and ’60s. For some Pacific Island immigrants, this place offered an opportunity to help make a new life in America. Eighty-two-year-old Aiona Fakalata-Teu is a matriarch of the Tongan community in South Sacramento and the Meadowview neighborhood. She arrived in the United States 56 years ago… read more >