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Trad'r Bill
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From: Hercules, CA
|  Posted: 2009-09-14 12:22 am Permalink
From the revamped TV website: http://tradervics.com/locations/newlocations.html
That is a sh*tload of locations... I guess the new-ish TV's CEO Robert Davies is really earning his paycheck... I want to go to the ones in the Caribbean.
Trad'r Bill
Thanks AlienTiki - I think you're right about Kansas (corrected) 
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AlienTiki
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From: MAUI No Ka'oi
| Posted: 2009-09-14 12:30 am Permalink
Kansas is still part of the US there Trad'r.
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Trader Magnus
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From: Stockholm
| Posted: 2009-09-14 12:31 am Permalink
Cool, fingers crossed that one will open in Sweden soon.
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Bora Boris
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From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2009-09-14 12:58 am Permalink
No new ones in Asia, only 4 are left there now. I gotta get off my ass and go over there.
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atomictonytiki
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From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2009-09-14 04:58 am Permalink
Three new Trader Vic's in England, do you think the Manchester one will be co-owned by the Gallagher brothers?
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MrBaliHai
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Posts: 775 | Posted: 2009-09-14 05:27 am Permalink
Interesting how many of those are in Saudi and other Muslim countries that don't drink alcohol. I would think that tikis and non-abstract artwork featuring human representations might be problematic as well.
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virani
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From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2009-09-14 05:33 am Permalink
Still none in France 
Or Italy, Belgium, Switz...
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2009-09-14 10:19 am Permalink
Dublin!
I have been to Ireland three times and never found anything Tiki.
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skeeter
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Posts: 76 | Posted: 2009-09-14 11:05 am Permalink
KC?
What happened to DC?
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Beach Bum Scott
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From: The Ranch in CO
| Posted: 2009-09-14 11:44 am Permalink
Kansas City had a Trader Vic's. In was in the Crown Center Hotel on the Missouri side.
I used to take dates there, made them feel special way back in High School!!!
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nuKKe
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From: Tel Aviv, Israel
| Posted: 2009-09-14 12:41 pm Permalink
Aqaba! that's right near Eilat, way less of a hassle to get there! I believe I'll have better luck getting G to visit there than Amman or Cairo.
Sadly, Tel Aviv is not ready for TV.
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JOHN-O
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From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2009-09-14 1:08 pm Permalink
Wow, maybe Trader Vic's should rename the franchise name to McTiki's.
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blue.octopus
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From: London, UK
| Posted: 2009-09-14 1:48 pm Permalink
Wow! we'll be able to do a Tiki Road trip in the UK soon.
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Limbo Lizard
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From: Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas
| Posted: 2009-09-14 5:55 pm Permalink
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On 2009-09-14 05:27, MrBaliHai wrote:
"Interesting how many of those are in Saudi and other Muslim countries that don't drink alcohol. I would think that tikis and non-abstract artwork featuring human representations might be problematic as well."
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Yeah, I've wondered about that, myself, for a while. Trader Vic's were closing all over the U.S., and opening right and left in Dubai, etc. Especially wonder about Saudi Arabia. Spare ribs and a Mai Tai, under the grimacing visage of Lono? Uh, some folks are rather... adamant about that sort of thing in Saudi, aren't they?
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MrBaliHai
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Posts: 775 | Posted: 2009-09-14 6:35 pm Permalink
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On 2009-09-14 17:55, Limbo Lizard wrote:
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On 2009-09-14 05:27, MrBaliHai wrote:
"Interesting how many of those are in Saudi and other Muslim countries that don't drink alcohol. I would think that tikis and non-abstract artwork featuring human representations might be problematic as well."
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Yeah, I've wondered about that, myself, for a while. Trader Vic's were closing all over the U.S., and opening right and left in Dubai, etc. Especially wonder about Saudi Arabia. Spare ribs and a Mai Tai, under the grimacing visage of Lono? Uh, some folks are rather... adamant about that sort of thing in Saudi, aren't they?
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As the defenders of the Hajj, the Vic's in Saudi definitely won't be serving any pork or alcohol. Don't know about Lono, but he's probably Tiki non grata as well.
I lived in Kuwait and Dubai back in the Sixties, and there are Western-only zones and clubs where liquor can be served and consumed. My parents spent a lot of time there!...
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