Does Trader Vic's sell souvenirs???? - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Tue, Jan 11, 2005 1:23 PM On 2005-01-11 11:59, tikibars wrote: In reference to the Chicago location, the new management there is much more friendly to our crowd than the previous management. Hopefully that Dragon Lady experience related above is now a permanent thing of the past. I liked her. She seemed more authentic to the tiki atmosphere than some freshly scrubbed and smiling co-ed hostess like you'd find at Bennigans. Its like when you find a cool old hole in the wall bar. If the bartender's not at least a little surly it just doesn't feel right. Tikibars, Sunday we went to the Tonga Room and was just chatting with the bartenders. The one guy I think was Japanese (the other guy told us he was from China) and we were telling him of our love of tiki bars and he started telling us about your book. Apparently, he came across it in a book store and he seemed to be amazed that there would be such a thing as a guide to tiki bars. The drinks were quite good though obviously not as good as Vic's. I even enjoyed the Bora Bora Horror. The only drink I had that seemed lacking was the Blue Hawaii. The bartender told me they sub half and half for the cream of coconut so that made for a much blander drink. Did not try the Mai Tai, since we were going to Vic's afterward there seemed to be no point.

On 2005-01-11 11:59, tikibars wrote:
In reference to the Chicago location, the new management there is much more friendly to our crowd than the previous management. Hopefully that Dragon Lady experience related above is now a permanent thing of the past.

I liked her. She seemed more authentic to the tiki atmosphere than some freshly scrubbed and smiling co-ed hostess like you'd find at Bennigans. Its like when you find a cool old hole in the wall bar. If the bartender's not at least a little surly it just doesn't feel right.

Tikibars, Sunday we went to the Tonga Room and was just chatting with the bartenders. The one guy I think was Japanese (the other guy told us he was from China) and we were telling him of our love of tiki bars and he started telling us about your book. Apparently, he came across it in a book store and he seemed to be amazed that there would be such a thing as a guide to tiki bars. The drinks were quite good though obviously not as good as Vic's. I even enjoyed the Bora Bora Horror. The only drink I had that seemed lacking was the Blue Hawaii. The bartender told me they sub half and half for the cream of coconut so that made for a much blander drink. Did not try the Mai Tai, since we were going to Vic's afterward there seemed to be no point.

Post #134990 by Kono on Tue, Jan 11, 2005 1:23 PM