Antone, Donato “Duke”
(Dominic Donald Paolantonio; 1917–1992), was a postwar American bartender and mixologist-for-hire who for many years ran the Bartending School of Mixology in his home town of Hartford, Connecticut. His true claim to fame, however, is as the most likely candidate for creating the basis of the Harvey Wallbanger, one of the most popular drinks of the twentieth century. Antone may have first concocted the simple highball (vodka, orange juice, and a float of Galliano) in the late 1940s or early 1950s at the Black Watch cocktail lounge on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, which he either owned or worked at. He originally called it the Duke Screwdriver, since it is, of course, just a twist on the classic Screwdriver. Antone later did work for both Galliano and Smirnoff in support of the drink. See ... ...
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