Post #395091 by JS Glass Art on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 8:03 AM

I think the Scottsdale Trader Vic's is worth a stop. And stay at the Valley Ho hotel next door. It's not tiki, but it is very cool retro. You expect to see the Rat Pack wandering the grounds. Or another retro hotel in Scottsdale is the Papago Inn. Very cheap, kind of tacky, and gorgeous grounds. Supposedly it was where old Hollywood hung out while in Scottsdale. And it's close to Trader Vic's.

I also second driving north to Emeryville Trader Vic's and, of course, Forbidden Island.