Trader Vic's Bev Hills closing THIS TUESDAY???!!! . . . - General Tiki

RA Registered Astronaut Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 66	RA Registered Astronaut Posted posted on Wed, May 9, 2007 11:54 AM On 2007-05-04 21:12, Son-of-Kelbo wrote: Let's be very clear about the "business volume" aspect regarding Trader Vic's Beverly Hills. The place was doing great business. Period. I can personally attest to this fact. Great crowds. Full tables. Filled-in bar. Even the Marco Polo Room was seeing the activity of special occasions, and handling the overflow from impromtu gatherings. Whatever arguements anyone wants to leverage (fairly) in favor of the Demolitionists, in this case, poor patronage was, for the record, absolutely not one of them. True. As bad as the food was, I was always amazed at the amount of dinner patronage. From old-school Beverly Hills blue hairs to young agents drinking after a long day at CAA, the place was always busy, any given day of the week. At their prices, they had to be making money, hands down. That's why I believed them when I produced my LA times article on their demolition and they told me "five years from now." Seems like everybody was towing the line. If there is a positive to come of this, it means all of us LA residents who are pool-less can get a decent cocktail poolside in an upscale atmosphere. Most weekend hotel pool scenes, save for The Beverly Hills Hotel (which you must be a guest or have 1000 bucks at the ready to "buy" a cabana), consist of horribly grotesque sub-human life forms that consider the Hard Rock Pool in vegas to be the center of the universe.

On 2007-05-04 21:12, Son-of-Kelbo wrote:
Let's be very clear about the "business volume" aspect regarding Trader Vic's Beverly Hills. The place was doing great business. Period. I can personally attest to this fact. Great crowds. Full tables. Filled-in bar. Even the Marco Polo Room was seeing the activity of special occasions, and handling the overflow from impromtu gatherings.

Whatever arguements anyone wants to leverage (fairly) in favor of the Demolitionists, in this case, poor patronage was, for the record, absolutely not one of them.

True. As bad as the food was, I was always amazed at the amount of dinner patronage. From old-school Beverly Hills blue hairs to young agents drinking after a long day at CAA, the place was always busy, any given day of the week. At their prices, they had to be making money, hands down. That's why I believed them when I produced my LA times article on their demolition and they told me "five years from now." Seems like everybody was towing the line.

If there is a positive to come of this, it means all of us LA residents who are pool-less can get a decent cocktail poolside in an upscale atmosphere. Most weekend hotel pool scenes, save for The Beverly Hills Hotel (which you must be a guest or have 1000 bucks at the ready to "buy" a cabana), consist of horribly grotesque sub-human life forms that consider the Hard Rock Pool in vegas to be the center of the universe.

Post #305145 by Registered Astronaut on Wed, May 9, 2007 11:54 AM