Don the Beachcomber (Hollywood), Hollywood, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1638	A arriano Posted posted on 01/16/2015 On 2014-07-03 08:53, Swanky wrote: Why has this 1934 date persisted everywhere? Don opened in 1933, as soon as prohibition ended. Just today I see it again by non-other than Sven! My guess is that it's because the year of the bar opening is confused with the year the Zombie was invented. The often told tale is that Don created the Zombie for a patron as a hangover cure. So obviously the bar was already open when the drink was invented. So bar opened in 1933, and the Zombie was first whipped up in 1934.

On 2014-07-03 08:53, Swanky wrote:
Why has this 1934 date persisted everywhere? Don opened in 1933, as soon as prohibition ended. Just today I see it again by non-other than Sven!

My guess is that it's because the year of the bar opening is confused with the year the Zombie was invented. The often told tale is that Don created the Zombie for a patron as a hangover cure. So obviously the bar was already open when the drink was invented. So bar opened in 1933, and the Zombie was first whipped up in 1934.

Post #735347 by arriano on 01/16/2015