Got this tip from Jane Tunks ([email protected]) :
Pssst! Trader Vic's might return to S.F.
Ex-Cosmo Alley denizen looks to Stars
GraceAnn Walden
[email protected]
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
©2003 San Francisco Chronicle
URL:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/28/FD
227026.DTL
It's been whispered about for weeks, but if all goes well, Trader Vic's,
which occupied the current Le Colonial space at 20 Cosmo Place for decades
before closing in 1994, may be coming to the former Stars location at 555
Golden Gate Ave. Hans Richter, president of Trader Vic's, won't divulge many
details but did reveal the company is looking to open again in San
Francisco, with a definite interest in the Stars property.
If it was just a matter of securing a lease, it would be a slam-dunk, but
Richter says the owner of the Stars building wants to sell the property. And
that means that it must be retrofitted for earthquake safety -- and that
involves removing the roof and adding steel frames. Doing all that will push
any opening beyond Christmas -- a prime time in the restaurant business.
Trader Vic's has three locations in California -- Emeryville, Palo Alto and
Beverly Hills -- and 21 locations worldwide.
After Jeremiah Tower left Stars it never regained the excitement and panache
that he brought to the party. Scoop can remember dining in Stars more than a
decade ago, when the tenor from the then-current opera arrived and everyone
in the house gave him a standing ovation. It was electric. A well-run Trader
Vic's, which has never been about the food (how can anyone take bongo- bongo
soup seriously?), with someone savvy at the front of the house could return
those glory days to the Civic Center neighborhood.
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Sunday, June 1 from 6 pm - 10 pm
Fort Mason Firehouse, SF
Release party for Garage magazine #2
the hottest of the gearhead mags to arise in recent years is now two issues old
Here's the lowdown on the gig
go to their website for all info and a map
6:00 pm Otto of Tiki News & Patrick Robinson dj-ing (inside)
6:40-7:15 pm The Sleaves - great local indie rockers(outside)
7:30-7:50 pm Harlem Shake (inside)
8:00-8:35 pm Hellfire Choir (outside)
8:45-9:05 Kitty Kitty Bang Bang - the latest SF burlesque troupe
busting out! (inside)
Tiki statuary by Twisted Johnny
http://www.TWISTEDTIKIS.COM
http://www.garagemagazine.com
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Odeon Bar
http://www.odeonbar.com
bar phone 415-550-6994
Sat, May 31 Tiki NIght
With the Shut In's. A great Tiki/Hawaiian band. The Shut-Ins are have played
around the Bay Area for years, but do you REALLY know them? These fine
purveyors of the fabulous hulabilly sound (part hula, part
rockabilly/hillbilly) are known for such time-honored tunes as:
"Lovely Hula Hands","The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake", and the
ever-popular "Burn Down The Honkytonk" Surely, you won't want to miss out as
the Shut-Ins ravage both country and Hawaiian music live on the Odeon stage.
Two sets, no waiting.
Yoni Wannalayya and the Big Island Boys
It's Zoli, Chicken, Kenn Ball, Tyler and Freddy. It's the Odeon All star
band doing tiki...
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Please join us Wednesday June 4 as we beam our show live to all the
world! You have two ways to see us:
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Come out and be part of our fabulous live audience. The show is
FREE, starts at 9:00PM and will be at
Kulak's Woodshed
5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91607
818-766-9913
There will be live music before us, so arrive early. We'll begin
performing at 9:00 Pacific Standard Time. The club interior will
feature tikis by Dawna! There will be some camera shots of the
audience, so be sure to dress in your finest aloha attire.
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Relax in the comfort of your home tiki lounge, log on to the
worldwide web and enjoy our show live on your very own home computer.
Here's how: Go to http://www.kulakswoodshed.com and click on the upper
left-hand corner where it says "click for FREE 24/7 video webcast."
That's it! So if you're in Italy beach-bumming around, or England
studying architecture, or Rochester doing your thing, or even Oahu
carving tikis, you can still swoon to our old-time Hawaiian crooning.
Pass this info along to all your pals around the globe who will enjoy
the blissful sounds of Hawaii's golden yesteryears.
Of course, if you're in the area we would love for you to come out
and join us in person. We'll have souvenirs, sing-alongs, audience
participation tippling and all sorts of fun. Plus, we like to see
your smiling faces!
-The Maikai Gents Featuring The Mysterious Miss Mauna Loa
p.s. If you'd like to hear the report on tiki culture that
featured our music and aired on public radio a few weeks ago here
are the links (Thanks again to reporter Alex Cohen for including us
in her report):
Here's the link to the story as it aired on The California Report,
scroll down to May 9 and click on "Tiki Culture Makes a Comeback".
This featured less of our music and more of Iuka Grogg.
http://www.kqed.org/programs/program-
archive.jsp?progID=RD8&ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&type=radio
Here's the link to the story as it aired on All Things Considered.
This featured more music and less Grogg.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1259540
http://www.mkgents.com
Tiki News
2215-R Market Street #177
San Francisco, CA 94114
http://www.tikinews.com
