Movie Stills As Classic Drinks - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 3:18 AM A nice concept, sort of related to, or a "reverse engineered" version of the original Hollywood star cocktail concept: While Don The Beachcomber had personalized chopsticks for his film actor clientele, Harry "Sugie" Sugarman, who had the connections to the Film community because he was the manager of Grauman's Chinese theater for a while, thought of a way to transfer the "hand-and-footprint-in-concrete" celebrity signature concept to his "Tropics" restaurant in Beverly Hills (which later became the Luau). The Tropics' original cocktail menu featured a long list of personal drink favorites which fit the name or persona of the actor: (This is just the top third of the menu)

A nice concept, sort of related to, or a "reverse engineered" version of the original Hollywood star cocktail concept:

While Don The Beachcomber had personalized chopsticks for his film actor clientele, Harry "Sugie" Sugarman, who had the connections to the Film community because he was the manager of Grauman's Chinese theater for a while, thought of a way to transfer the "hand-and-footprint-in-concrete" celebrity signature concept to his "Tropics" restaurant in Beverly Hills (which later became the Luau). The Tropics' original cocktail menu featured a long list of personal drink favorites which fit the name or persona of the actor:

(This is just the top third of the menu)

Post #485313 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 3:18 AM