
“Who is Dr. Funk? How did he get here? And what is a castaway doing in San Pedro Square?
Take a seat, relax, have a tiki cocktail, and I’ll tell the tale of how Dr. Funk came to San Jose…”
— Tomek Mackowiak, Metro Silicon Valley
“downtown San Jose’s new tiki bar reached way back in history — decades before Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber — for their rum-house inspiration.”
— Jessica Yadegaran & Linda Zavoral, Mercury News
designer notch “transformed what had been Peggy Sue’s 1950s-style diner into an outpost that feels more like the South Seas than Silicon Valley.”
— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News
“And the Mai Tai? Maybe one of the best anywhere.”
— Kevin Crossman, UltimateMaiTai.com
“Santa delivered a Christmas miracle, the very best gift of all, Dr. Funk, an authentic Tiki Bar.”
— Scott Leatherman, Tiki Currents
“We can all hope that Dr. Funk is the tiki destination that we’ve all longed for in San Jose.”
— Kevin Crossman, UltimateMaiTai.com