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trader vic's chicago closing....again??? |
Kill Devil
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 16, 2011
Posts: 121
From: Chicago
|  Posted: 2011-07-14 08:18 am Permalink
Trader Vics - why are you afraid of us? We won't bite...hard
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BrendaT
Member
Joined: Aug 18, 2011
Posts: 5 | Posted: 2011-08-18 08:31 am Permalink
I think they chose a not so great location to reopen in. The Palmer House was a great location and got a lot of regulars as well as tourists and business travelers. They should have moved a little further down and closer to all of the hotels in the Loop and I think they would have succeeded. Of course, it also takes good management and good chefs too.
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Brenda - I'll be flying to Chicago from London in a couple months. What are some great tiki bars in the area?
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christiki295
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2011-09-01 07:59 am Permalink
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On 2011-07-12 17:12, tiki-tina wrote:
And sadly, a similar fate has now come to Trader Vic's Scottsdale, who never really embraced the tiki community, instead opting for the very fickle, and not at all loyal, 30-thousand-dollar-a-year-millionaire crowd, and sadly, you can see where that got them.
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But, if one owned a business, one would want a larger market with disposable income, not a small single-interest group. If the Tiki crowd were that strong, Drift would still be open.
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Dapuma1
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 04, 2010
Posts: 80 | Posted: 2012-08-19 11:52 pm Permalink
So is TV in chicago dead?
If so, is there another worthy Tiki bar in the city?
[ This Message was edited by: Dapuma1 2012-08-20 00:14 ]
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MaukaHale
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 07, 2012
Posts: 134
From: The base of the Volcano
| Posted: 2012-08-20 06:30 am Permalink
You can always go to the Hala Kahiki Lounge.
http://www.hala-kahiki.com/
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Kill Devil
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 16, 2011
Posts: 121
From: Chicago
| Posted: 2012-08-22 07:14 am Permalink
...and don't forget Chef Shangri-La, in exotic North Riverside just west of Chi-town.
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