Would you prefer Tiki as 'mainstream' or 'underground'? - General Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 6:48 PM On 2005-01-13 18:22, Trader Woody wrote: 99% of the clientele wouldn't know Tiki from a hole in the ground, but they keep Tiki in London at one of it's finest addresses. I would be careful in making this assumption. You may be 100% correct but the manager that I spoke to at the SF TV said that a lot of "older" people (he said "older") came in looking to get the Trader Vic's experience and that they couldn't provide it! I don't really know what the hell that means but he was quite serious about it. He then said: "Don't be offended but Americans don't like expensive drinks." He later told me that "Europeans don't like expensive drinks." Dude's from Austria. He had a pretty negative attidude about Trader Vic's for being a manager. He kept telling me about how a TV couldn't make it here or there or anywhere. Weird guy.

On 2005-01-13 18:22, Trader Woody wrote:
99% of the clientele wouldn't know Tiki from a hole in the ground, but they keep Tiki in London at one of it's finest addresses.

I would be careful in making this assumption. You may be 100% correct but the manager that I spoke to at the SF TV said that a lot of "older" people (he said "older") came in looking to get the Trader Vic's experience and that they couldn't provide it! I don't really know what the hell that means but he was quite serious about it.

He then said: "Don't be offended but Americans don't like expensive drinks." He later told me that "Europeans don't like expensive drinks." Dude's from Austria. He had a pretty negative attidude about Trader Vic's for being a manager. He kept telling me about how a TV couldn't make it here or there or anywhere. Weird guy.

Post #135416 by Kono on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 6:48 PM