Post #296749 by Kenike on Wed, Apr 4, 2007 6:47 AM

Welcome to Tiki Central CallDon! Always nice to see more Dallasites tuning in.

I've been doing research on several of the old Dallas tiki spots (including Don the Beachcomber) and plan on eventually posting my findings for each one in the Locating Tiki section. I haven't really even started on my post for DTB yet but I can give you a few facts.

The restaurant was opened in 1974 and closed in 1982, a short but not surprising run, and was located at 8380 Meadow Road at Greenville. The building was the classic mushroom shape that DTB became famous for. I found one picture in the Dallas Morning News but the quality is so bad it's not even worth posting. I'll mess with it in Photoshop and see what I can get out of it.

Food was typical oriental with a Polynesian twist but most people went for the drinks and appetizers. In 1975 a female bartender filed suit against DTB because she was hired as a bartender but was then advised that it was against company policy to work female bartenders where they could be seen in public.

I'll get my Locating Tiki posting up one of these days.