"Trader Vic" Bergeron and Donn Beach, also known as Don the Beachcomber. Both men are credited with creating the Mai Tai, though their versions of the story differ significantly. “Cocktail ...

The restaurant not only played a major role in shaping tiki culture at large — Trader Vic, according to lore, invented the mai tai and crab rangoon — it was also an essential part of the city ...

The original mai tai was invented in the 1940s by the Tiki-loving restaurateur behind the once-popular chain of Polynesian themed bars, Trader Vic's, and has represented the archetypal Tiki drink ...