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Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / The Traders (Trader Vic's) Palmer House, Chicago, IL (restaurant)

Post #435285 by Lake Surfer on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 2:17 AM

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December 2000 - December 2005

:up: Back of promotional flyer

:up: Looking down the looong hallway to the entrance of Vic's

:up: At the bottom of the escalator from the street level entrance

Post in the Palmer House at the top of another staircase down to Vic's

:up:Promo sign in the Palmer House

:up: One of the dining rooms

:up: Entrance to Vic's which led to the Boathouse Bar

:up: Two tikis, which I think are back at the new Chicago Vic's

:up: OA post in the basement hallway to Vic's

:up: Looking into Vic's lobby

:up: Looking from the Boathouse Bar into another dining room

:up: Lounge area across from the bar

:up: Escalators up and down from Vic's in the Lower Level of the Palmer House... this is just inside the street level doors on Monroe Street

:up: Monroe Street entrance to Vic's and the Palmer House... note the Barney West Moai that is now at the new Chicago's Trader Vic's on State Street

:up: Lounge looking towards the Boathouse Bar... this is during one of the many Tabu Tiki Nights put on by James T.

:up: Phil, of the Barefoot Hawaiians and now co-owner of the Tiki Terrace, blows the conch at the start of a dance performance.

:up: Crowd at the 2004 Tabu Tiki Night Christmas Party... and one of the DSK Designs Elviki. :wink:

:up: Special guest at the Christmas Party, King Kukulele performs for the crowd.

Note the wonderfully detailed faux beams on the ceiling. I'll miss those.

:up: The Barefoot Hawaiians tech some members of the audience how to hula.

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2009-02-20 11:47 ]