The Bartender Behind the Blue Hawaii
Briefly

A successful tropical cocktail can have a million mothers.Take the mai tai.Vic Bergeron-the Vic of Trader Vic's, the kitschy restaurant chain that helped popularize an imaginary rendering of Polynesian culture for wistful mainlanders-asserted that he had invented the rum drink.Any suggestion otherwise, Bergeron said, aggravated his ulcer, adding, "Anybody who says I didn't create this drink is a dirty stinker."
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