Post #478793 by artsnyder on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 3:49 PM

I hope you all will not mind if I step in here with a comment. Tiki Diablo was the artist on our new sign, with the advice of our good friends Bob and LeRoy at Oceanic Arts. He did a fine job, and if you look again at the south end of our building on PCH you will find a reproduction of the surfboard that Duke used in his competitions, designating the Longboard Room, dedicated to his memory and in the celebration of surfing and surfers around the world. The work there is still in progress, but should be done soon, if the surf is not so good.
There is no particular reason why the Beachcomber restaurant should be judged in the same category as Don the Beachcomber. Beachcomber is a common name, shared by thousands of restaurants around the world. There is only one Don the Beachcomber in the world's history, and there is every reason that a restaurant named in his honor should, so much as possible, reproduce the elements that he used in the way that he used them.
Best,
artsnyder
Don the Beachcomber - Surf City, USA