Vintage Trader Vic's drink menu question - Collecting Tiki

T TropicDrinkBoy Member Joined: Feb 27, 2011 Posts: 277	T TropicDrinkBoy Posted posted on Sun, Sep 22, 2013 10:38 AM I think that menu art is not currently on display at Emeryville. The most likely place would be in "The Trader's Office" where the walls are filled with memorabilia and a few old menus. I just happened to be there last Wednesday at closing and took my time viewing all those items and didn't find it there. I'm sure it isn't in the lounge or dining rooms either. Perhaps it's considered to be in bad taste by today's standards (at least that's what my wife tells me!). Thank goodness the Leeteg's are still on display in the lounge! The classic London menu graphic that I mentioned previously in this thread, the one with the two bare breasted wahinis that has been used in other Trader Vic locations, has been censored in some western locations. Bikini tops were scribbled on the menus after the fact over the breasts. When reprinted the new graphics include the tops in the artwork.

I think that menu art is not currently on display at Emeryville. The most likely place would be in "The Trader's Office" where the walls are filled with memorabilia and a few old menus. I just happened to be there last Wednesday at closing and took my time viewing all those items and didn't find it there. I'm sure it isn't in the lounge or dining rooms either. Perhaps it's considered to be in bad taste by today's standards (at least that's what my wife tells me!). Thank goodness the Leeteg's are still on display in the lounge!

The classic London menu graphic that I mentioned previously in this thread, the one with the two bare breasted wahinis that has been used in other Trader Vic locations, has been censored in some western locations. Bikini tops were scribbled on the menus after the fact over the breasts. When reprinted the new graphics include the tops in the artwork.

Post #694271 by TropicDrinkBoy on Sun, Sep 22, 2013 10:38 AM