Post #213363 by tikibars on Tue, Feb 7, 2006 10:57 PM

On 2006-02-07 16:29, BambooLodge wrote:
This from todays Steve Dahl Show...
2:43 Steve did sort of have a weird experience with one of the guys at the event. He had made a joke during his MCing about how he thought it'd be cool to cash in his frequent flyer miles and drink his way through every Trader Vic's in the world. Now that he's not drinking though he thought about eating an egg roll at every Trader Vic's.
2:44 Afterwards a guy who was about 30 came up to Steve and told him that he actually flew around the world hitting every Trader Vic's and trying a Mai-Tai then wrote a book about it.
2:45 The guy was from Chicago but he had no idea who Steve was. Then he started to think that maybe he's let the brand slip a little bit. How could a guy who's from here and wrote a book about Trader Vic's not know who Steve is?...

Thanks for posting this, Bamboo.

This is freakin' hilarious.

For the record, I didn't say that I'd flown to them all, but I guess he is allowed some creative license while on the air.

I don't listen to much radio, but now that I've met the guy, maybe I will start listening to his show once in a while, knowing that he's such a Tiki guy.

Anyway, Jab, to clarify something further:

Berghoff has a few more weeks, but it'll be kaput by spring.

Marshall Fields was sold to Macy's, and is going to be a Macy's any day, if it isn't already. A movement is gaining momentum to presure Macy's to leave it as Marshal Fields (the angle being: they'll collect all the cash either way, and Fields is a tourist destination, where Macy's isn't, so they'd make more cash as Fields than Macy's, AND keep all the preservationists happy).

Seeing that Berghoff, Fields, and Vic's were all within a few blocks of each other, it's a sad time for the Chicago loop...