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Don the Beachcomber menu cover, 1943. When Prohibition ended in 1933, he opened a bar in Hollywood called "Don's Beachcomber" [11] [12] at 1722 N. McCadden Place. With its success he began calling himself Don the Beachcomber (the eventual name of his establishment), and also legally changed his name to Donn Beach. [1]
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When Beach was sent to World War II, Don the Beachcomber flourished under his ex-wife's management (Sunny Sund), expanding into a chain of 16 restaurants. [9] Ultimately there were at least 25 restaurants in the chain. [citation needed] When Gantt returned from the War, he moved to Hawaii and opened Waikiki Beach, one of
The Q.B. Cooler is a vintage tiki cocktail invented by Donn Beach that calls for a mixture of several rums (Puerto Rican dark rum, Jamaican rum, Demerara 151 proof rum), two syrups (fassionola, falernum), fruit juices (orange, lime), and honey, mixed with club soda and dashes of Pernod, bitters, and grenadine. [1]
Don the Beachcomber restaurants limited their customers to two Zombies apiece because of their potency, which Beach said could make one "like the walking dead." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] According to the original recipe, the Zombie cocktail included three different kinds of rum, lime juice, falernum , Angostura bitters , Pernod , grenadine , and "Don's Mix ...
Colorado’s objectives are not fully accomplished after the Buffaloes’ win over Cincinnati late Saturday night. Colorado moved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12 with a 34-23 victory over the ...
Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic's, in Oakland, California, US. [2] Trader Vic's forerunner, Donn Beach, claimed to have instead first created it in 1933, although a longtime colleague said that Beach was actually just alleging that the Mai Tai was based on his Q.B. Cooler cocktail.
The 57-year-old Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week is set to return to the United States on Tuesday, a French airport official confirmed to CNN.