The real Dr. Funk - Tiki Drinks and Food

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 12:51 PM Answered the question as to the origin of those drinks (with a little help from the Bum and TC): On 2009-12-16 18:30, Mo-Eye wrote: I have a book called "The Companies We Keep", which is a history of Hawaiian companies. It states that this (Trader Vic's) Hawaii location opened in December 1940. Four months later, he sold his interest to the co-owner, Granville Abbott. Spencecliff then bought the franchise in 1967, but it doesn't give any info on when it moved to the International Marketplace. The cocktail menu mailer as posted by DC: Well and doesn't this sound familiar - that's not Bert's list, it's half of Vic's menu!:

Answered the question as to the origin of those drinks (with a little help from the Bum and TC):

On 2009-12-16 18:30, Mo-Eye wrote:
I have a book called "The Companies We Keep", which is a history of Hawaiian companies. It states that this (Trader Vic's) Hawaii location opened in December 1940. Four months later, he sold his interest to the co-owner, Granville Abbott. Spencecliff then bought the franchise in 1967, but it doesn't give any info on when it moved to the International Marketplace.

The cocktail menu mailer as posted by DC:

Well and doesn't this sound familiar - that's not Bert's list, it's half of Vic's menu!:

Post #630678 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 12:51 PM