Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is such an important topic, it was great to be able to dive in. What are your thoughts and favourite tropical drinks?

Resources mentioned:
pasifikaproject.com

thetrashcollective.com

instagram.com/doommersive?igshid=NDA1YzNhOGU=

Images used:
Mixologist Jeff "Beachbum" Berry reveals the truth behind the disputed origins of the Mai Tai. And the truth is more than slightly convoluted!
Author: Bart Everson
flickr.com/photos/editor/5989177941

A boat with the band in the pool of the Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar.
Author: Cmglee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cmglee_Tonga_Room_and_Hurricane_Bar.jpg

Polynesian style tiki mugs used by Los Angeles bartending company LA Speakeasy.
Author: Vincent Navarro
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LA_Speakeasy_Tiki_Mugs.jpg


Zombie cocktail original menu of don the beachcomber
Owner: Gianni Zottola
it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zombie_cocktail_gianni_zottola.jpg


Great Depression
Author: Chinmaya S Padmanabha
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_depression.jpg

Luau & Polynesian Food
Owner: 1950sUnlimited
flickr.com/photos/blakta2/8549324169/in/photostream

Mai Kai Restaurant Ft. Lauderdale Florida
Owner: 1950sUnlimited
flickr.com/photos/blakta2/8549322271/in/photostream

Don "Red" Barry and wife (center), Sunset Carson (right)
Photo: Alan Light
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Dining room at Don the Beachcomber
Photo: Steven Miller
flickr.com/photos/aloha75/16462667638

Old Saint Paul Minnesota Postcard - Don The Beachcomber Restuarant In The Saint Paul Hilton Hotel, A Plastichrome Post Card, Circa Late 1960s
Owner: France1978 (is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0)


Don the Beachcomber
Owner: Sam Howzit (is marked with CC BY 2.0)
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