Polynesian Princess, Vacation Village (1983-c1998) was a restaurant and bar that took over Don the Beachcomber Vacation Village (originally the Barefoot Bar), on San Diego’s Mission Bay. Vacation Village owner […]
Author: Martin Lindsay
What Is Fassionola?
Learn the history of cocktails’ most mysterious ingredient, a passion fruit syrup from the 1930s that touched the lives of druggists, dancers, and dangerous mobsters.
Bowlero Bowling Alley Demolished for New Home Depot
From the Archives: San Diego’s Neon Alley and Sailors’ Row
Along the downtown streets of San Diego during and after WWII, there were dozens of restaurants, clubs, bars, tattoo parlors — all vying for the enlisted man’s paycheck. A high […]
From the Archives: Ettore Boiardi
As far as food brand mascots are concerned, did you know that Chef Hector Boyardee was a real person? Born Ettore Boiardi (1897–1985) in Piacenza, Italy, he emigrated to New […]
Recipe: The Hurricane, 1930
THE HURRICANE James “Jimmy” Charters, CIRO’S, London, 1930 For a decade before the rum cocktail as we know it appeared in 1940, the Hurricane was a whisky-based drink! Variations appeared […]