Tiki Central / General Tiki / The Ubiquity Of The Trader In 1955 San Francisco
Post #793289 by HopeChest on Tue, Feb 19, 2019 3:54 PM
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IIRC, Trad'r Sam's was 1937 and Vic changed Hinky Dinks to Trader Vic's in 1938. Given that Vic's whole raison d'ĂȘtre was "build a better mousetrap" than Don The Beachcomber had, I've no doubt that he would be willing to assimilate a name as well as a business model. |