Trader Vic's, Detroit, MI (restaurant)

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C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:03 PM Name:Trader Vic's Type:restaurant Street:1539 Washington Blvd. City:Detroit State:MI Zip:48226 country:USA Phone: Status:defunct Description: This Trader Vic's location was on the ground floor of the Statler-Hilton Hotel in downtown Detroit. The entire hotel was razed in 2005.
C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:06 PM Pictures from Wayne State Collection
C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 12:06 AM Post card This next pic is from the http://www.forgottenmichigan.com site. I believe this to be the Chinese ovens.
A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1620	A arriano Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 9:25 AM Out of curiosity, what's at this site now? I'm betting on a parking lot.
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 11:39 AM Chub, Nice post. First time that I have seen the TV in Detroit. Please tell me it is not a parking lot! DC
C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 11:58 AM Since 2005, it's been nothing but a dirt lot. Not even used for parking as far as I know. [ Edited by: Chub 2009-03-13 12:05 ]
A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1620	A arriano Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 2:14 PM Well, thank goodness they tore it down then.
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 3:29 PM Chub. Thanks for posting those great Michigan images. Keep up the great work.
T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:27 PM Hey Nice one Chub!! Cool to see as I have only heard of it and had never seen anything on it before. Glad it has a home on here now. TabooDan
M mudbone Member michigan Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 166	M mudbone Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 5:35 PM From all us people from Detroit, thanks Chub. Most of us don't know what the golden age of Tiki was like in Detroit.Warm tropical breezes, tikis,rum drinks,hula girls,I guess we will never know.
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Sat, Jun 26, 2010 7:01 AM Here is a small matchbook from my collection.
C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 10:07 AM Nice matchbook Uncle Trav. Strangely, I never came across one of those while living in Detroit.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 10:42 AM Hey, I had missed this thread somehow. Looks like this Vic's had two nice and simple Barney West entrance Tikis, amazing what you can pull out of the shadows still (wish I knew how to save the zoom in): Too bad that the second B&W pic was framed right between the two Tikis! I mean what was that photographer thinking! :)
C Chub Tiki Socialite Detroit, MI but now in sunny Los Angeles Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 265	C Chub Posted posted on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 11:13 AM Don't know if this really that much better, but I tried...
JJ Java Jim Member Michigan Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 2	JJ Java Jim Posted posted on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 1:58 PM Wow! I would have never even DREAMED we had a Trader Vics in Detroit!!! Thank you for posting that!
M mudbone Member michigan Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 166	M mudbone Posted posted on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 6:39 AM Wonder what happen to those tiki's, they must be 15' tall.I would need to cut a hole in my roof to make one fit.
FZ Feelin Zombified Tiki Socialite The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair Joined: Jul 15, 2003 Posts: 1340	FZ Feelin Zombified Posted posted on Tue, Jun 5, 2012 6:37 PM Nothing about Trader Vic's specifically, but here's what the Statler Hilton looked like in later years... http://www.forgottendetroit.com/blog/?p=74 -Z
D Dustycajun Tiki Socialite Santa Barbara, CA Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 5295	D Dustycajun Posted posted on Mon, Dec 9, 2019 4:17 PM The Trader Vic's in Detroit is certainly the least documented of all the TVs. Here are a couple of newspaper ads I found. DC

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