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

Y yirmumah Member Pittsburgh, PA Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 50	Y yirmumah Posted posted on Tue, May 10, 2011 5:42 PM Digging this thread up from the grave... My wife and I are taking a roadtrip from Pittsburgh for Hukilau and thought about stopping in Trader Vic's Atlanta, then she said "hey, there's one in Sarasota!" - But I looked it up and found their website and immediately thought it looked like a Chilis or Red Robin type deal. It got an instant MEH from me and not sure if it's worth a road diversion... BUT, I wouldn't complain if we had one of these in Pittsburgh! Reading through the old debate here I think the main problem is that the Trader Vic's we all know and love over the years is dimly lit, feels more intimate. So this is like Trader Vic's in broad daylight with fluorescent lights. :) Again, if this were closer to me, I'd surely go there, but I don't think I'd call it a "tiki bar" it is nice that there's the possibility that some NEW people will discover tiki and then fall into the tikiphile fold. So i give them props for that.

Digging this thread up from the grave...

My wife and I are taking a roadtrip from Pittsburgh for Hukilau and thought about stopping in Trader Vic's Atlanta, then she said "hey, there's one in Sarasota!" - But I looked it up and found their website and immediately thought it looked like a Chilis or Red Robin type deal. It got an instant MEH from me and not sure if it's worth a road diversion... BUT, I wouldn't complain if we had one of these in Pittsburgh!

Reading through the old debate here I think the main problem is that the Trader Vic's we all know and love over the years is dimly lit, feels more intimate. So this is like Trader Vic's in broad daylight with fluorescent lights. :)

Again, if this were closer to me, I'd surely go there, but I don't think I'd call it a "tiki bar"

it is nice that there's the possibility that some NEW people will discover tiki and then fall into the tikiphile fold. So i give them props for that.

Post #588621 by yirmumah on Tue, May 10, 2011 5:42 PM