The Beachcomber, Vancouver, BC, Canada (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:11 PM On 2009-03-30 22:37, TabooDan wrote: The only information that I have is that a gentleman by the name of Jack Porter was the owner. He also owned the Edmonton, AB, restaurant where his name has surfaced before and his name is also on the reverse of the Winnipeg, MB, location postcard. I have not been able to find out whether or not he ran all of the locations or if he had partners. I am also not sure if the Beachcomber was a franchise or if he ran them all. Zane Feldman was an owner or partner in the Edmonton location. I know this from a friend - Feldman was romantically interested in my friend's mother. Searching the web, the only confirmation I could find was from this website about Edmonton radio stations - they say Feldman "operated the city's long-gone Beachcomber restaurant for many years." Feldman had lots of business dealings in the hospitality industry (as well as broadcasting and many others), so it's hard to know what level of ownership or hands-on involvement he had in the operation of the Beachcomber (since most of the information you can find on him focuses on the Edmonton Oilers which he co-owned with Dr. Charles Allard, another Edmonton business tycoon). Tikiville, is your friend emma-one-shoe by any chance? Thanks to e-o-s's ebay auctions, Edmonton Beachcomber memorabilia has fanned out over the globe (so many TCers have matchbooks and swizzles thanks to her). I believe the source of emma's Beachcomber cache was Zane Feldman's estate after he died in 2003. (this is info that more properly belongs on the Edmonton Beachcomber thread, not here). -Sweet Daddy T. Because crap doesn't buy itself. blog [ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2009-04-02 13:13 ]

On 2009-03-30 22:37, TabooDan wrote:
The only information that I have is that a gentleman by the name of Jack Porter was the owner. He also owned the Edmonton, AB, restaurant where his name has surfaced before and his name is also on the reverse of the Winnipeg, MB, location postcard.

I have not been able to find out whether or not he ran all of the locations or if he had partners. I am also not sure if the Beachcomber was a franchise or if he ran them all.

Zane Feldman was an owner or partner in the Edmonton location. I know this from a friend - Feldman was romantically interested in my friend's mother. Searching the web, the only confirmation I could find was from this website about Edmonton radio stations - they say Feldman "operated the city's long-gone Beachcomber restaurant for many years." Feldman had lots of business dealings in the hospitality industry (as well as broadcasting and many others), so it's hard to know what level of ownership or hands-on involvement he had in the operation of the Beachcomber (since most of the information you can find on him focuses on the Edmonton Oilers which he co-owned with Dr. Charles Allard, another Edmonton business tycoon).

Tikiville, is your friend emma-one-shoe by any chance? Thanks to e-o-s's ebay auctions, Edmonton Beachcomber memorabilia has fanned out over the globe (so many TCers have matchbooks and swizzles thanks to her). I believe the source of emma's Beachcomber cache was Zane Feldman's estate after he died in 2003. (this is info that more properly belongs on the Edmonton Beachcomber thread, not here).

-Sweet Daddy T.
Because crap doesn't buy itself.

blog

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2009-04-02 13:13 ]

Post #444411 by Sweet Daddy Tiki on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 1:11 PM