Tiki Central / General Tiki / Hinky Dinks - the Midlothian (close to Chicago) connection?
Post #533645 by The Gnomon on Wed, Jun 2, 2010 9:19 AM
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For those who were under the belief that it was Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous, TV HQ agrees: ========== From: v bergeron [mailto:[email protected]] Hello Gnomon, Erik no longer works for Trader Vic's, but here is what I have found out on the Hinky Dinks question: JVB Jr got the name from a World War 1 song Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous. He loved the song and took a version of the title as the name for his first joint! Some wiki info on the song for you: No progress as yet on a DC location. Thank you for your inquiry and have a great weekend. Mahalo! Michelie From: The Gnomon Here’s an e-mail I sent to Erik Heggin a week ago, who used to keep me and Tiki Central posted on certain TV questions. So far I haven’t heard back at all. Is he still there? Meanwhile, is there someone else who can answer our Hinky Dinks question? Thanks. The Gnomon From: The Gnomon Hey Erik Haven’t heard from you in a long time. Still hoping you’ve made some progress in getting a TV here in the greater Washington DC area. Meanwhile, on the Tiki board that I frequent the question arose as to how JVB Jr came up with the name Hinky Dinks. Anybody there know? The question started when it was learned that there is a Chicago bar called Hinky Dinks and we wondered if it was somehow related to The Trader. We then found out that there was an notorious, unscrupulous character (an alderman) back at the turn of the 20th Century by the name of Michael Kenna whose nickname was Kinky Dink. We can figure that any Chicago Hinky Dinks is associated with the infamous Michael Kenna. Is this person the namesake for the Hinky Dinks that became TV? The Gnomon |