History
The first 'beach' bar was created in Los Angeles in 1933
by Ernest Grantt. The bar served a wide variety of
exotic rum drinks (including the popular "Sumatra Kula" and "Zombie cocktail") as well as Cantonese
food, and displayed many artefacts that Gantt had collected on earlier trips
through the tropicsBeach bars are generally designed to evoke the South Pacific.
Sip 'n Dip Lounge, a well-renown beach bar, added the feature of having women dressed as mermaids swimming in the pool within view
of the bar's patrons. As a result of the
"mermaids" and the retro attractiveness of
the beach theme, in 2003, GQ Magazine rated the
lounge as one of the top 10 bars in the world.
Drinks
Many beach bars have their own house specialty drinks,
the recipes for which are often carefully guarded to prevent imitation by other
bars. Various kinds of rum and blue Curacao are common ingredients,
along with tropical fruit juices and bitters. Cocktails can be very complicated and
dramatic, served in decorated vessels with intricate straws and decorations. Cocktails are often garnished with paper cocktail umbrellas, live flowers or plastic
animals.
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