Questions For Bill Sapp / Kahiki Owner/ Mystery Bowl Found / New pics - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, May 26, 2006 9:35 PM Michael Tsao was hired away from Trader Vic's by Bill Sapp and Lee Henry to become their manager for many years, then when they got tired of running the business, they sold it to him, which is a common story: At the waning of the Tiki trend the white owners had made their money, decided to pull out, and the Chinese help inherited the place. I personally thank the Tsao family for having run the place and keeping it the same for such a long time. Chinese people are usually the hardest working and most resilient in that business. They and the Filipino community are the unsung, behind the scenes heroes of Tiki restaurant history. Tiki empires like Trader Vic's would not exist without them. One could ask Bill Sapp about what a demanding, 24 hour job it is to run such a place, and why he retired from it when he did.

Michael Tsao was hired away from Trader Vic's by Bill Sapp and Lee Henry to become their manager for many years, then when they got tired of running the business, they sold it to him, which is a common story: At the waning of the Tiki trend the white owners had made their money, decided to pull out, and the Chinese help inherited the place.
I personally thank the Tsao family for having run the place and keeping it the same for such a long time. Chinese people are usually the hardest working and most resilient in that business. They and the Filipino community are the unsung, behind the scenes heroes of Tiki restaurant history. Tiki empires like Trader Vic's would not exist without them.
One could ask Bill Sapp about what a demanding, 24 hour job it is to run such a place, and why he retired from it when he did.

Post #234214 by bigbrotiki on Fri, May 26, 2006 9:35 PM