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TM Tipsy McStagger Tiki Socialite HELL Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 3685	TM Tipsy McStagger Posted posted on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 2:22 PM On 2009-01-19 11:40, thejab wrote: Thanks for the review James. Sounds great, like the best new Trader Vic's to date as far as decor, atmosphere, and service. Too bad about the drinks. Tipsy, I don't think it's too much to ask for Trader Vic's to make great tropical drinks. They have their reputation at stake. I am confident that things will improve, especially if word gets out here that they need to work on that. Trader Vic's listens to the tiki folks! And with all the recent media coverage of new cocktail bars and their emphasis on quality and taste, I'm sure Trader Vic's cares about feedback they may get in the press. I don't doubt that trader vics cares about the quality of their drinks..which is why i think the drinks are so great. so, to answer your question, no, i do not think it's too much to ask that they make good drinks..they already do!!!! ..i do think, however, it is alittle too much to ask them to subscribe to certain rigid standards that some folks here like to impose...let's face it...trader vics does not live or die because of tikiphiles opinions about it or their patronage to it...their target market of customers would not know a real mai tai if it came walking in the place on fire!....so whatever the traders is sellin- they are gonna buy it. don't forget jab, there was a time when all of us didn't know a good mai tai from a bad one....even you. As we immersed ourselve in tiki culture we were able to refine our tastes over time....these days most of us tiki folk know the difference between a quality drink and one that is half baked....that said, we can't demand the same level of quality that comes out of our home bars be imposed on commercial bars...they need to be quick and they need to make money...they just can't afford the time and training it takes to do that....what they do works, for 99% of the people that drink there....i'm sorry you are dissapointed about it... ..and as far as the drinks improving once word gets out that tiki folk think they suck??...i wouldn't be suprised if trader vics told you to take your improved drinks and jam it!! " In a perfect world...Elvis would still be alive ....and all the elvis impersonators would be dead!!" [ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-01-19 14:24 ]

On 2009-01-19 11:40, thejab wrote:
Thanks for the review James. Sounds great, like the best new Trader Vic's to date as far as decor, atmosphere, and service. Too bad about the drinks. Tipsy, I don't think it's too much to ask for Trader Vic's to make great tropical drinks. They have their reputation at stake. I am confident that things will improve, especially if word gets out here that they need to work on that. Trader Vic's listens to the tiki folks! And with all the recent media coverage of new cocktail bars and their emphasis on quality and taste, I'm sure Trader Vic's cares about feedback they may get in the press.

I don't doubt that trader vics cares about the quality of their drinks..which is why i think the drinks are so great. so, to answer your question, no, i do not think it's too much to ask that they make good drinks..they already do!!!!

..i do think, however, it is alittle too much to ask them to subscribe to certain rigid standards that some folks here like to impose...let's face it...trader vics does not live or die because of tikiphiles opinions about it or their patronage to it...their target market of customers would not know a real mai tai if it came walking in the place on fire!....so whatever the traders is sellin- they are gonna buy it.

don't forget jab, there was a time when all of us didn't know a good mai tai from a bad one....even you. As we immersed ourselve in tiki culture we were able to refine our tastes over time....these days most of us tiki folk know the difference between a quality drink and one that is half baked....that said, we can't demand the same level of quality that comes out of our home bars be imposed on commercial bars...they need to be quick and they need to make money...they just can't afford the time and training it takes to do that....what they do works, for 99% of the people that drink there....i'm sorry you are dissapointed about it...

..and as far as the drinks improving once word gets out that tiki folk think they suck??...i wouldn't be suprised if trader vics told you to take your improved drinks and jam it!!

" In a perfect world...Elvis would still be alive ....and all the elvis impersonators would be dead!!"

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-01-19 14:24 ]

Post #429532 by Tipsy McStagger on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 2:22 PM