# Tiki Culture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiki-culture/940795 "2021-04-26T15:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 64
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiki-culture/940795/64 "2021-05-13T07:14:51Z")
Ok, the 2 founders of Tiki culture were Victor Louis Bereron of Oakland, CA (Trader Vics) and [Donn Beach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Beach) of Hollywood: both started up during the 1930s. Victor’s parents owned a small grocery store in Oakland: he opened up his bar across the street. Donn grew up in Louisiana and spent a little time in Polynesia as a [Supercargo employee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercargo), if you believe him. I ate at Trader Vic’s in NYC as a kid and loved it. I had no inkling that the cultural authenticity of the restaurant was nil. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiki-culture/940795)._