A time to every season: Farewell Trader Vic's SF. - General Tiki

MT Mai Tai Tiki Socialite Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 1438	MT Mai Tai Posted posted on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 4:41 AM Martin sprung this on us this New Year's Eve, with the announcement at our table of "I have some very sad news for you guys!" We were thinking that maybe the fire marshall was shutting down Forbidden Island for the evening, even though it was a private party that wasn't close to over capacity. It took a minute for the news to sink in to us - after all, we were all fairly buzzed at that point (and some of us still are :D ), but hey, the news still sucks. I can't believe that this is the first thing i'm posting on for any online forum for 2008. Hey, the locals around here tried to make the best of the place, especially while Martin, Jim, Lars, and Sonya still worked there. We were pretty much the only folks to show up there on Monday nights! I feel bad for Trader Vic's, and wish them nothing but the best in the future - lord knows Yavuz, along with everyone else, did what they could to keep the place afloat in the old Stars Cafe location for as long as they could. And let me re-iterate what a pleasure it was to work with Yavuz for the 2007 Tiki Central Tiki Crawl, and what stellar service he gave to us, including the Mai Tai boat, and all the cool give away schwag as well. A moment's silence for Trader Vic's San Francisco. And let me repeat what Martin said: Support Your Local Tiki Bar!

Martin sprung this on us this New Year's Eve, with the announcement at our table of "I have some very sad news for you guys!" We were thinking that maybe the fire marshall was shutting down Forbidden Island for the evening, even though it was a private party that wasn't close to over capacity.

It took a minute for the news to sink in to us - after all, we were all fairly buzzed at that point (and some of us still are :D ), but hey, the news still sucks. I can't believe that this is the first thing i'm posting on for any online forum for 2008. Hey, the locals around here tried to make the best of the place, especially while Martin, Jim, Lars, and Sonya still worked there. We were pretty much the only folks to show up there on Monday nights! I feel bad for Trader Vic's, and wish them nothing but the best in the future - lord knows Yavuz, along with everyone else, did what they could to keep the place afloat in the old Stars Cafe location for as long as they could. And let me re-iterate what a pleasure it was to work with Yavuz for the 2007 Tiki Central Tiki Crawl, and what stellar service he gave to us, including the Mai Tai boat, and all the cool give away schwag as well.

A moment's silence for Trader Vic's San Francisco. And let me repeat what Martin said:
Support Your Local Tiki Bar!

Post #352264 by Mai Tai on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 4:41 AM