HR History #8 - Doumars Mystery Cache
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Another of the HR History Series! You will need to go to the posted
coordinates listed above.....THEN you will need to go 130 yards
North to find your prize!
Doumars is a Norfolk Landmark and should be a part of the HR
History Series!
The Restaurant
The first Doumar's at Ocean View and other Doumar's stands at
nearby beach resorts were destroyed by a hurricane in 1933. In
1934, one of Abe's brothers, George, opened the present
establishment in downtown Norfolk. The Doumar family constructed a
new building at the same location in 1949. That building has been
remodeled periodically since then. Doumar's is known for its
barbecue, ice cream, and curb service, with waitresses that take
orders at your car.
The Doumar Family
Abe Doumar was born in Damascus, Syria in 1881 and arrived in the
U.S. around 1895. He had three brothers: Charlie, George and John.
He brought them to the States with his mother and father. Abe died
in 1947.
George Doumar, born in 1892 in Damascus, Syria, worked at the
restaurant until he died in 1974. George Doumar's son, Albert
Doumar, born in 1922 in Norfolk, still makes ice cream cones daily
at the restaurant, as of September 2008, on a cone making machine
that dates from 1905. Another son of George Doumar, Robert G.
Doumar, is a federal judge.
After the 1933 storm, Abe's brother George rebuilt Doumar's onto
the present site.
Ice Cream Cone Invention
The story goes that when Abe was 16, he began to sell paperweights
and other items while dressed in Arab robes. One night, he bought a
waffle from another vender and proceeded to roll it up and place a
scoop of ice cream on top. He then began selling the cones at the
St. Louis Exposition. His cones were such a success that he
designed a four-iron baking machine and had a foundry make it for
him. At the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, he and his brothers sold
nearly twenty-three thousand cones. After that, Abe bought a
semiautomatic 36-iron machine, which produced 20 cones per
minute.
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