August 30 2009 Officially Mai Tai Day in Oakland! - General Tiki

D dcman Member Upstate New York Joined: Apr 25, 2009 Posts: 116	D dcman Posted posted on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 6:27 PM I used to live in Oakland (and later farther into the East Bay), but moved out close to 10 years ago. I happened to be visiting there less than 2 weeks ago (see thread under tiki travel about visiting Trader Vic's and the Tonga Room). We actually stayed in downtown Oakland for the first half of our trip, and the city is clearly starting to revive after many years of decline. I was thrilled to see some life and good things returning. Go to Le Cheval (not-tiki), for some damn good and reasonably priced french-vietnamese cuisine. Get the vietnamese coffee, kind of like a mocha that has enough caffeine to keep you up for days. I'm sorry I'm going to miss this this whole mai-tai thing, I would have loved to be there.... dcman

I used to live in Oakland (and later farther into the East Bay), but moved out close to 10 years ago. I happened to be visiting there less than 2 weeks ago (see thread under tiki travel about visiting Trader Vic's and the Tonga Room). We actually stayed in downtown Oakland for the first half of our trip, and the city is clearly starting to revive after many years of decline. I was thrilled to see some life and good things returning. Go to Le Cheval (not-tiki), for some damn good and reasonably priced french-vietnamese cuisine. Get the vietnamese coffee, kind of like a mocha that has enough caffeine to keep you up for days.

I'm sorry I'm going to miss this this whole mai-tai thing, I would have loved to be there....

dcman

Post #478441 by dcman on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 6:27 PM