Trader Vic's, Dallas, TX (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

LL Limbo Lizard Tiki Socialite Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 788	LL Limbo Lizard Posted posted on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 9:15 AM 1974 ad, from the Sunday newspaper weekend guide: Was re-reading the May, 2005 article from the Dallas Business Journal, about the plans to reopen Trader Vic's Trader Vic's set for Dallas revival Alas, note the opinion of Matthew Mabel (a local restaurant management consultant): Matthew Mabel, president of Surrender Inc., is skeptical that Trader Vic's will be able to sustain a successful volume of diners in a market he calls "the hotbed for proving every restaurant in America." "Trader Vic's is a dated concept that works well in hotel concepts around the world," Mabel said. "While it will probably have an initial retro/kitsch appeal, it is going to be a stretch in the Dallas dining market. "There are so many aggressive concepts coming, and '60s nostalgia does not run rampant among the dining-out crowd."

1974 ad, from the Sunday newspaper weekend guide:

Was re-reading the May, 2005 article from the Dallas Business Journal, about the plans to reopen Trader Vic's
Trader Vic's set for Dallas revival

Alas, note the opinion of Matthew Mabel (a local restaurant management consultant):

Matthew Mabel, president of Surrender Inc., is skeptical that Trader Vic's will be able to sustain a successful volume of diners in a market he calls "the hotbed for proving every restaurant in America."

"Trader Vic's is a dated concept that works well in hotel concepts around the world," Mabel said. "While it will probably have an initial retro/kitsch appeal, it is going to be a stretch in the Dallas dining market.

"There are so many aggressive concepts coming, and '60s nostalgia does not run rampant among the dining-out crowd."

Post #507320 by Limbo Lizard on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 9:15 AM