Ground has been broken on Portland's newest tiki bar - General Tiki

K karmalaundry Member Stumptown, USA Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 29	K karmalaundry Posted posted on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 9:58 AM On 2006-09-21 11:54, mrtikibar wrote: I don't know. I may be a soul-less, corporate dope but I'd have to rate the old Trader Vic's at the Benson over the Jasmine Tree and Jimmy's brand of hospitality. The Hale Tiki in Augusta didn't seem to come up with a winning formula. Sometimes the chains can get things right. I'd love to see Trader Vic's back in Portland. [ Edited by: mrtikibar 2006-09-21 12:25 ] Ok, I did speak a little too broadly and I'd just gotten out of a local/chain conversation on another board, where chains are almost universally depised. I guess I was just trying to say that usually more people prefer local for those reasons and most national chains don't seem to have any soul. Trader Vic's before it disappeared from the Benson truly was a great place to go. I was legal on for a few years before it pulled up stakes. And I too would love to see it return.

On 2006-09-21 11:54, mrtikibar wrote:

I don't know. I may be a soul-less, corporate dope but I'd have to rate the old Trader Vic's at the Benson over the Jasmine Tree and Jimmy's brand of hospitality. The Hale Tiki in Augusta didn't seem to come up with a winning formula. Sometimes the chains can get things right. I'd love to see Trader Vic's back in Portland.

[ Edited by: mrtikibar 2006-09-21 12:25 ]

Ok, I did speak a little too broadly and I'd just gotten out of a local/chain conversation on another board, where chains are almost universally depised. I guess I was just trying to say that usually more people prefer local for those reasons and most national chains don't seem to have any soul.

Trader Vic's before it disappeared from the Benson truly was a great place to go. I was legal on for a few years before it pulled up stakes. And I too would love to see it return.

Post #256387 by karmalaundry on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 9:58 AM