Post #446747 by Okolehao on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 1:19 PM

I dropped into the Trader Vic’s in Emeryville Saturday to check out the Leeteg painting just behind the hostess station. I was surprised by two things at the restaurnat.

First, after studying the velvet very closely for a good 10 minutes, I came away thinking that while the painting was good, it wasn’t great. Maybe it is one of Leeteg's early paintings. It just didn’t leave me feeling that he was ‘the master’.

But secondly, I poked around the restaurant, which has some magnificent artifacts and tapa wall coverings, and got a lunch menu. I couldn’t believe the prices! I had just spent 4 days in San Francisco dropping a lot of cash for some good food, but $16 for fried rice and $19 for chow mein at Vic's? I’m sure it’s great food, and the place seemed to be doing good business, but who are the lunch customers? Are they just people with expense accounts? I know I can't afford to take my family there.

[ Edited by: Okolehao 2009-04-13 13:20 ]