by donnbeach | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Donn’s secret ingredients #2, #4, and #7 (also #8!) have been a secret for nearly a century. When he created the Zombie in 1934 (with the help of Cora “Sunny” Sund) he used #4. It was Bob Van Dorpe, first general manager of the Mai-Kai, and former...
by donnbeach | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Swanky, in cooperation with BG Reynolds, is producing Don the Beachcomber’s secret cocktail mixers. Coming in fall/winter of 2025, the secret ingredients for the Zombie, Nui Nui and others will be available to the public for the first time...
by donnbeach | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The man, the myth, the legend’s story continues in 2024 with Swanky’s biography, The Donn of Tiki film, and the new Don the Beachcomber restaurants, and much...
by donnbeach | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Alma Ross, Barbara Britton, Juna Haver, Bob Stack, photographer Paul Hesse, band leader Dave Rose and his girlfriend Betty Bartholomew, and a bit of Frank Morgan, the Wizard of Oz and Angostura bitters man, await the preparation of the kalua pig fresh from the imu at...
by donnbeach | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Gardiners and the Skeltons at Donn’s Full Moon party...
by donnbeach | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Mai-Kai cocktails are really tweaked Don the Beachcomber cocktails, and some Mariano Licudine...
