Donn Beach (born Ernest Raymond Gantt; February 22, 1907 – June 7, 1989) was an American adventurer, businessman, and World War II veteran who was the...
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liqueurs, and various rums. It first appeared in late 1934, invented by Donn Beach at his Hollywood Don the Beachcomber restaurant. It was popularized on...
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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...
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invented the Mai Tai. The other was his amicable competitor for many years, Donn Beach of the "Don the Beachcomber" restaurants. Bergeron attended Heald College...
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probably first introduced to restaurants on the United States mainland by Donn Beach in 1934, and has since become a standard at most Polynesian-themed restaurants...
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Hollywood in 1933 by Ernest Gantt (who later legally changed his name to "Donn Beach"). The bar served a wide variety of exotic rum drinks (including the Sumatra...
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guitar and sometimes drums. There are also often hula dancers. Some credit Donn Beach with the initial popularity and commercialization of lūʻaus within the...
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Sumatra Kula (a.k.a. Sumatra cooler) is a vintage tiki cocktail invented by Donn Beach that calls for light rum, equal parts orange, lime and white grapefruit...
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The test pilot cocktail is a vintage tiki drink invented by Donn Beach. Beach was known for changing his recipes over time, and multiple versions of the...
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the poet H.D. that gardenias were his favorite flower. In tiki culture, Donn Beach, aka Don the Beachcomber, frequently wore a fresh lei of gardenias almost...
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it is still served in many tiki restaurants and bars. First created by Donn Beach, who almost single-handedly originated the tiki cultural fad of the 1940s...
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Queen’s Hospital being named in her honor as part of her charitable legacy. Donn Beach moved to Honolulu in the mid-1950s before Hawaii had become a state and...
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The cobra's fang is a vintage tiki cocktail invented by Donn Beach that calls for a mixture of rums along with fassionola and falernum syrups, the juice...
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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...
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fassionola is unclear but is closely associated with Donn Beach (AKA Don the Beachcomber). Beach cites his childhood as growing up near New Orleans, and...
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to Don the Beachcomber, and Beaumont-Gantt legally changed his name to Donn Beach. His restaurant featured Cantonese cuisine and exotic rum cocktails and...
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81, Indian last ruling Maharawal (Maharaja) of the state of Dungarpur. Donn Beach, 82, American adventurer, businessman and World War II veteran, liver...
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named in 1948 The pearl diver cocktail, a tiki cocktail developed by Donn Beach This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pearl...
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part of the general competition between Bergeron and Donn Beach, who had served in World War II. Beach allegedly had a B-26 Bomber with a painted "Don the...
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Hotel's famous guests: Lauren Bacall Tallulah Bankhead John Barrymore Donn Beach Lucius Beebe Robert Benchley Humphrey Bogart Clara Bow Louis Bromfield...
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exactly when the cocktail umbrella came into use. One possible source is Donn Beach, owner of the Hollywood, California-based restaurant and bar chain Don...
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Businessman And Author, Founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Donn Beach (1907–1989), born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, founder of Don the Beachcomber...
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Chris Barron (1968), vocalist with Spin Doctors, born at Pearl Harbor Donn Beach, restaurateur of Don the Beachcomber tiki restaurant, died in Honolulu...
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Roads, the roadstead which enabled the town's growth in the 19th century. Donn Beach and Pete Wimberly played an important early role in establishing building...
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dates from 1949, making it the earliest-known tiki mug in the world. Donn Beach, the father of Tiki, did not originally serve his drinks in ceramic vessels...
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drinks had names related to more basic aviation prior to this, such as Donn Beach's Q.B. Cooler and Test Pilot, and Trader Vic's two-person PB2Y cocktail...
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Beachcomber, a Chinese food restaurant themed to the tiki bar chain created by Donn Beach Schwab's Pharmacy, a sandwich shop based on the pharmacy of the same name...
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head bartender for more than thirty years. Along with Ernest Gantt ("Donn Beach") and Victor Jules Bergeron ("Trader Vic"), Yee did much to popularize...
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place to go." By the 1970s the tiki craze, which had been launched by Donn Beach and Victor Bergeron in the 1930s, was fading; formerly popular with celebrities...
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provide an ease for California customers. In the early 1930s tiki pioneer Donn Beach created the Zombie cocktail in California, which became famous on the...
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