Post #276476 by tikibars on Wed, Jan 3, 2007 11:26 PM

Duke, your timing here is perfect.

After ignoring this place for many years, pretending that it doesn't exist, or is (as you say) a bad dream that we all hoped would go away, I had to visit for the first time just last week.

I turned in the final manuscript for a major writing project on New Year's Day, and knew that for good or for evil, I had to look at Trader Todd's for the sake of completeness. So I checked it out on December 29.

It is just as bas as Duke's comments make it out to be.

I actually spent $8 ($10 after tax and tip) for the O-Mai Tai, and it was basically sugar and cheap rum in a pint glass. The place (and the drink) is a disaster.

If you want to spend $10 on a cocktail in Chicago, go to Nacional 27 (not at all Tiki - it's a trendy South American place), at 325 W. Huron, and have Adam (manager) or Kelli (bartender who looks like Jessica Simpson) make you a Trinidad Beachcomber ($9).
Fucking awesome.