National Mai Tai Day
A rum-soaked toast to mid-century tiki and island escapism.
National Mai Tai Day raises a glass to the rum cocktail that came to define mid-century tiki culture. Restaurateur Victor Bergeron, better known as Trader Vic, claimed to have invented the drink in 1944, though rival Donn Beach also laid claim to it. The name comes from the Tahitian phrase maitai, m