Post #302914 by atomikitty on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 1:12 AM

Hey friends.

I wanted to share some distressing / interesting news with e TC Ohana,

I just finished up my bartending shift at Saints and Sinners, and one of my customers happened to be a bartender over at Trader Vics Beverly Hills.
This person (who asked to not be named) told me that the staff has a 'meeting' tomorrow @ 10am, but as of now, the last day on the schedule is this Tuesday May 1st!!!!!

This person said they met a few months back with the current owner (Vic's grandson I believe) and he was all for the tiki community support and fighting to keep this landmark open. Unfortunatley, the Hilton corporation owns the land, and they have the last say. The impression I got (especially after talking to this employee) was that they always planned to close it down, and would rather do it without a big awareness raising send-off.

This great bartender appreciated the history of the bar, and the loyalty and support of the Tiki Central folks, and was nice enough to give me their number to let me know the latest scoop after the meeting tomorrow.

I will call them in the afternoon, and as soon as I know the latest, I will post it here.

I don't want to start a panic or a riot, and certainly not a slew of angry phone calls to Trader Vics.

If this is the state of affairs though, I am SO THANKFUL this customer came in today and gave me this info, and I wanted to share it all with you A.S.A.P.

More info tomorrow!

[ Edited by: atomikitty 2007-04-30 01:12 ]