Although it is Vic’s recipe that is more universally accepted as the Mai Tai.” In 1944, Victor Bergeron, the founder of Trader Vic's, claimed to have invented the Mai Tai at his restaurant in ...

Despite it's Polynesian style, the Mai Tai was created in the United States, and the restaurant chain where it was first made ...

The confusion between the two likely comes from a period when bartenders were using juices and pre-made mixers to make a mai ...