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

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 1:24 PM On 2008-01-01 12:57, MrBaliHai wrote: This is sad, but I don't think anyone should be too surprised. After all, the Bay Area is kind of TV-saturated compared to the rest of the US, and there's a lot of competition from other tiki bars in the general vicinity. Out of the 3 Vic's in the BA, I thought the SF one was the least impressive, so losing it isn't as painful as losing the Emeryville or Palo Alto locations would be. I agree, and will add that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of restaurants with better food in San Francisco in the same price range. A restaurant can't survive in the city on it's drinks alone. I ate there many times and was never very impressed with the food. It was usually good, but never great. However, I almost always got a great drink (except for when they first opened which is understandable). I have missed the days when Martiki, Jim, Sonya, and Lars were behind the bar, but have always got a good cocktail from other bartenders as well, so I will miss it mostly as a friendly and reliable stop for a good drink when in the city. [ Edited by: thejab 2008-01-02 13:26 ]

On 2008-01-01 12:57, MrBaliHai wrote:
This is sad, but I don't think anyone should be too surprised. After all, the Bay Area is kind of TV-saturated compared to the rest of the US, and there's a lot of competition from other tiki bars in the general vicinity. Out of the 3 Vic's in the BA, I thought the SF one was the least impressive, so losing it isn't as painful as losing the Emeryville or Palo Alto locations would be.

I agree, and will add that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of restaurants with better food in San Francisco in the same price range. A restaurant can't survive in the city on it's drinks alone. I ate there many times and was never very impressed with the food. It was usually good, but never great.

However, I almost always got a great drink (except for when they first opened which is understandable). I have missed the days when Martiki, Jim, Sonya, and Lars were behind the bar, but have always got a good cocktail from other bartenders as well, so I will miss it mostly as a friendly and reliable stop for a good drink when in the city.

[ Edited by: thejab 2008-01-02 13:26 ]

Post #352531 by thejab on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 1:24 PM