Don The Beachcomber
Donn Beach (February 22, 1907 – June 7, 1989), born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, is the founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The many so-called "Polynesian" restaurants and pubs that enjoyed great popularity are directly descended from what he created. After years of being called Don the Beachcomber because of his original bar/restaurant, Gantt changed his name several times, using Donn Beach-Comber, to Donn Beachcomber, and finally settling on Donn Beach.
Read more about Don The Beachcomber: Adventurer, Bar Proprietor and Restaurateur, World War II Service, Post-war Tiki Fad, Hawaii-bound, Former Restaurant Locations, Revival
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