 What would eventually come to be known as Tiki culture in the United States largely began on the heel end of prohibition in 1933 with the opening of "Don's Beachcomber", a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in Hollywood, California.The proprietor was Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, a young man from Texas and New Orleans who had done some rum-running with his father and claimed to have sailed throughout much of the Pacific Ocean.The restaurant's name was later changed to "Don the Beachcomber", and Ernest legally changed his name to Donn Beach.