A New Trader Vic's - open Monday! - General Tiki

B Bohemiann Member Sarasota, Fla. Joined: Apr 29, 2004 Posts: 446	B Bohemiann Posted posted on Wed, Feb 3, 2010 8:44 AM Whew... I have not been here in a few days and things certainly have not changed. I have more to report on this new Trader Vics story....but, I have been wicked slammed with work...a good thing. So..... I have a dirty secret... along with the bazillion other things I have on my plate I am also shooting Bar & Restaurant review pieces for Tampa Bay Channels 10's MetroMix with my good friend Chris Kohatsu. You might recall she did a piece recently on the Mai-Kai...or ya might not. Anyway we covered the new TV last week. DISCLAIMER - I just shoot the footage. I have nothing to do with the script. Chris takes the footage and does her thing. It's a lot of fun and I get free food & cocktails and a little scratch for my efforts that usually covers my bail tab. http://tampabay.metromix.com/page/video-tampabay/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4505383&flvUri=&partnerclipid= Coco Joe - thanks for finding that review. I saw a local and one of our own, Gregg, managed a post. I am actually shooting his Mardi Gras event...small world! Robotiki....Lets get together with some of the other locals soon! Pablus... I have taken the liberty of mentioning you to the owner and he is interested in talking to you. I will send you an email and copy him on it to get you guys plugged in. You can hate this place if ya want, but ..... I have sampled most of the yummy menu at this point and spent a considerable amount of time absorbing the atmosphere as well as the fabulous cocktails and I am pretty damned content. It closes at 11. plenty of time to get to the Bahi Hut or O'Leary's for last call. I can understand wanting more of whatever the "Original" or "Traditional" is supposed to be but to hate a place for trying a new thing... I'm at a loss. They seem to me to have found a nice niche with this concept and I hope they are all the rage and in every town soon. I hope they spread like a virus. I hope it acts as a gateway drug and we get more peeps interested in raising the bar on quality mixology and on TC, and at Hukilau, Tiki Oasis, and then we may see more traditional bars pop up that are dark and mysterious and stay open past 11 and follow stricter rules of authenticity dictated by the Grand and all knowing authorities on all things Properly Tiki and PolynesianPop. Hmmmm. Polynesian Pop...as in Popular Culture right? There's something to think about. Oh No !!! Not the "uneduMAcated" masses! Here is Jon training Ty on how to spank the mint! The front door handles [ Edited by: Bohemiann 2010-02-03 08:46 ]

Whew... I have not been here in a few days and things certainly have not changed.

I have more to report on this new Trader Vics story....but, I have been wicked slammed with work...a good thing.

So..... I have a dirty secret... along with the bazillion other things I have on my plate I am also shooting Bar & Restaurant review pieces for Tampa Bay Channels 10's MetroMix with my good friend Chris Kohatsu. You might recall she did a piece recently on the Mai-Kai...or ya might not.

Anyway we covered the new TV last week. DISCLAIMER - I just shoot the footage. I have nothing to do with the script. Chris takes the footage and does her thing. It's a lot of fun and I get free food & cocktails and a little scratch for my efforts that usually covers my bail tab.

http://tampabay.metromix.com/page/video-tampabay/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4505383&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Coco Joe - thanks for finding that review. I saw a local and one of our own, Gregg, managed a post. I am actually shooting his Mardi Gras event...small world!

Robotiki....Lets get together with some of the other locals soon!

Pablus... I have taken the liberty of mentioning you to the owner and he is interested in talking to you. I will send you an email and copy him on it to get you guys plugged in.

You can hate this place if ya want, but ..... I have sampled most of the yummy menu at this point and spent a considerable amount of time absorbing the atmosphere as well as the fabulous cocktails and I am pretty damned content. It closes at 11. plenty of time to get to the Bahi Hut or O'Leary's for last call. I can understand wanting more of whatever the "Original" or "Traditional" is supposed to be but to hate a place for trying a new thing... I'm at a loss. They seem to me to have found a nice niche with this concept and I hope they are all the rage and in every town soon. I hope they spread like a virus. I hope it acts as a gateway drug and we get more peeps interested in raising the bar on quality mixology and on TC, and at Hukilau, Tiki Oasis, and then we may see more traditional bars pop up that are dark and mysterious and stay open past 11 and follow stricter rules of authenticity dictated by the Grand and all knowing authorities on all things Properly Tiki and PolynesianPop. Hmmmm.

Polynesian Pop...as in Popular Culture right? There's something to think about. Oh No !!! Not the "uneduMAcated" masses!

Here is Jon training Ty on how to spank the mint!

The front door handles

[ Edited by: Bohemiann 2010-02-03 08:46 ]

Post #508708 by Bohemiann on Wed, Feb 3, 2010 8:44 AM