Don The Beachcomber

THE ORIGINAL

ESTABLISHED 1957 BY DON THE BEACHCOMBER

Waikiki Hawaiian Islands

Hollywood 1949

Don in Hollywood at McCadden Place

Inventor of the Mai Tai and 92 tropical drinks

The Encino “Plantation”

New expanded location across the street

Interior of the new location

famous man-eating clam shells!

“Everyone is an escapist at heart”

Don the Beachcomber

Cocktails made by hand!

Don the Beachcomber’s

Ideal BreakfastAn original recipe

One bunch bananas

One bottle rum

One parrot

The parrot is to eat the bananas

Famous friends

Waikiki 1949

The Original Don The Beachcomber

The original location- where Macy*s is now

The luau gardens at Don the Beachcomber’s

Liberty House is now the Beachcomber Hotel

Best party in the islands

“Host to diplomat and beachcomber, prince and pirate”

Don The Beachcomber

Founder of the International Market Place

Waikiki 1950’s

Early publicity shot

Hula Show on the lawn

Hula lessons were a regular feature

Future site of Trader Vic’s and Banyan Bazaar

Don holding court

The Esplanade Building

Japanese Tea House under construction- today’s Maui Divers

The Japanese Tea House

The Japanese Pavilion

Kalakaua entry stage

On the main “pali” stage

After dark

The tea house and Cock’s Roost from Don’s private treehouse

Legendary Treehouse

Inspiration in Papua New Guinea

Original concept sketch for Treehouse

Looking toward Kalakaua under Don’s office

Under the giant Banyan and the Treehouse restaurant

The view toward Kalakaua from the Treehouse restaurant

Craft vendor with the Treehouse in background

Another Don the Beachcomber innovation- decades before Fanueil Hall

The first pearl cart- a Don the Beachcomber invention

Exotic imports from around the world

Legendary star and two world class showmen

Don and Phoebe aboard The Marama, in Papeete, Tahiti

The Marama

The interior of The Marama with Don’s mechanical fan invention

Don and the Duke

Post 1961- after Don the Beachcomber’s became Duke Kahanamoku’s

Trader Vic’s relocated from King Street

Don the Beachcomber Marina del Rey

What it once was, it can be again

Mahal

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