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Trader Vics in Dallas, TX Now Open!! |
BrickHorn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Posts: 178
From: Texas
|  Posted: 2006-05-31 6:17 pm Permalink
I just moved back to Texas from Boston (where the Tiki lifestyle still has a pulse, albeit a weak and gradually fading one), and heard this wonderful rumor about the Dallas Trader Vic's reopening from a clerk at Lula B's. What great news! If only they'd open one in Austin...
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Robertiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 11, 2006
Posts: 179 | Posted: 2006-06-01 09:27 am Permalink
doesn't Austin have Ocean's 11? Damn cheap drinks
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gretanicole
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Posts: 28
From: Dallas,TX
| Posted: 2006-06-26 3:33 pm Permalink
Hey everyone, I e-mailed Trader Vic's in Dallas to get an opening date. I was told they plan to open October 1, 2006. Just a few days before Hukilau.
Thought you all would want to know! 
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rugbymatt
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2006-06-26 3:48 pm Permalink
Awesome news! Mahalo for keeping ar ear out. Can you find out if that is their opening or their "garnd opening" (aka with all the hoopla)? I would love to get back to Big D for that but I am doing Hukilau and might have trouble squeezing the extra weekend in.
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rugbymatt
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2006-06-26 3:50 pm Permalink
Awesome news! Mahalo for keeping ar ear out. Can you find out if that is their opening or their "garnd opening" (aka with all the hoopla)? I would love to get back to Big D for that but I am doing Hukilau and might have trouble squeezing the extra weekend in.
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Unkle John
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Joined: Oct 22, 2003
Posts: 1216
From: Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX
| Posted: 2006-06-26 7:31 pm Permalink
Excellent! Just in time for our 4 year wedding anniversary!
Mahalo, Brother!
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Kenike
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Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1201
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-06-27 06:38 am Permalink
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On 2006-06-26 15:33, gretanicole wrote:
Hey everyone, I e-mailed Trader Vic's in Dallas to get an opening date. I was told they plan to open October 1, 2006. Just a few days before Hukilau.
Thought you all would want to know!
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Thats great except I'LL BE ON MY WAY TO THE HUKILAU 
Why on a Sunday...Scottsdale TV did the same thing.
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They closed a couple of years ago.
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sincitymedic
Member
Joined: Jun 25, 2006
Posts: 7 | Posted: 2006-06-28 12:18 pm Permalink
Count me in.....sounds way cool & almost stumbling distance to my house!
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Kenike
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1201
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-06-28 6:22 pm Permalink
When the opening date gets closer we should start planning a TC get-together for later October or November. I'll probably be there for the grand opening on the 1st but I'm sure they won't want us to plan something big on opening night. Lots of TC'ers will be coming from out of town so we should start thinking about when to plan it.
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diesel tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
Posts: 85
From: sultry south arlington,tx
| Posted: 2006-07-02 2:30 pm Permalink
I'm in! I'm in! I'm in!!!!!
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BrickHorn
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2005
Posts: 178
From: Texas
| Posted: 2006-07-04 3:41 pm Permalink
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On 2006-06-01 09:27, Robertiki wrote:
doesn't Austin have Ocean's 11? Damn cheap drinks
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The closest thing Austin has to a genuine tiki joint is the Hula Hut, and that's more of a Tex-Mex-meets-retro-Hawaii-meets-Jimmy-Buffett-inspired-lake-culture type place. As much as I enjoy the Hula Hut, it won't do much to scratch the tiki itch.
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rugbymatt
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2006-07-07 08:08 am Permalink
Count me in for that party!
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Kenike
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1201
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-07-29 2:31 pm Permalink
Drove by the location today. I'm not sure what is being built, but there's another part of the Palomar under construction directly in front of TV so you can't see it from the street. Maybe a lobby or something with more condos? It looks like you'll have to walk through this building to get back where the restaurant is.
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Grand Kahu
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jul 31, 2006
Posts: 143
From: Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2006-07-31 4:34 pm Permalink
I've been a lurker here for a while, but with TV getting ready to open, I lurk no more! Looking forward to my first Dallas Mai Tai (hey, it is Trader Vic's) and hope to spot some TC'ers at some gathering.
Grande Kahu
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Kenike
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 24, 2003
Posts: 1201
From: McKinney, TX
| Posted: 2006-07-31 6:28 pm Permalink
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On 2006-07-31 16:34, Grande Kahu wrote:
I've been a lurker here for a while, but with TV getting ready to open, I lurk no more! Looking forward to my first Dallas Mai Tai (hey, it is Trader Vic's) and hope to spot some TC'ers at some gathering.
Grande Kahu
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Welcome Grand Kahu! Hopefully more of the Dallas area lurkers will make themselves known soon.
If you're on MySpace, Unkle John has just started a Texas Tikiphiles group.
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