This 'Magnum P.I.' Cocktail Is The Only Drink Recipe You Need For Summer

Who do the bar-hopping cocktail devotees of Los Angeles have to thank for their next hangover-worthy tipple? Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV, a.k.a. Tom Selleck, a.k.a. the older guy from Friends who has that "thing" with Monica Geller.

Magnum P.I. serves as the inspiration behind the King Kamehameha, one of the excellent cocktails on the menu at Lono, the new tiki bar from Austin Melrose and Zach Patterson of the Umbrella Hospitality Group. They opened the bar a little more than two weeks ago on Hollywood Boulevard, just down the street from the original Don the Beachcomber.

The cocktail was inspired by general manger/beverage director Michael Lay's recent discovery of the '80s TV show. (After a friend told him to watch it, he's been streaming it on Amazon TV.)

"I love Magnum P.I.," said Lay, formerly of Faith and Flower and Broken Spanish in downtown L.A. "I've been watching through all the seasons. The drink is named after a club they always hang out in."

To figure out how to make the King Kamehameha, head over to the LA Times.