Comments on: BREAKING: Beverly Hills Trader Vic’s Has Closed – UPDATED

By: Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Phil Spector, Tikiphile

Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Phil Spector, Tikiphile — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:51:44 +0000

[...] killing Lana Clarkson, famed record producer and coiffure aficionado Phil Spector paid a visit to Trader Vic’s in Beverly Hills, where he downed some Navy Grogs. He was apparently a bit of a regular there. When he made his way [...]

By: Mark Boolootian

Mark Boolootian — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:39:03 +0000

Sigh. My Dad has been going to that Traders since it first opened. In fact, he bought his house from the guy who used to be the host (Oswaldo). The current host, Chai, is like a friend of the family:

http://oldroot.ucsc.edu/photos/family-2002/chai_dad_hug.jpg

I grew up visiting Traders, and it always feels like home to me (probably one reason why i’m always comfortable in a tiki bar). The Suffering Bastard became my drink of choice some years ago, and my Dad used to trade one of the bartenders mint for bottles of the Mai Tai mix (much different than what they sell in the store), so I have a large cache of said mix on hand.

I made it a point to haul a group of colleagues off to Traders a couple of years ago after a meeting at UCLA:

http://people.ucsc.edu/~booloo/Traders/Site/Photos.html

Amazingly, my Dad was there with my two boys (we had traveled down to LA separately), so we all sat together and had Sufferings. Well, the kids had fruit punch
.

I’m happy to say that I was down visiting my Dad last month with my boys over spring break, and we made the trek to Traders. That was fortunate. Alas, apparently it’s a trek we’ll never have another opportunity to make.

It was a good run while it lasted.

mark

p.s. my Dad, whose first name is Richard, wanted to buy everything inside of Traders, hire all the help, and open a new place called Trader Dicks. Probably he would have, given the chance.

By: Dr Tiki

Dr Tiki — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:11:16 +0000

What a sad, sad day.
They really should have given us a chance to party there one more time and say goodbye.

-Dr Tiki

By: NoahK

NoahK — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:01:47 +0000

Went to the “New” trader Vics lounge at the Hilton near the pool,
Not the same, but it is not terrible. Nice to have a little sun and sit by the pool sipping a Mai Tai. Prices have gone up though, Mai Tai is now $14 CRAZY!
Sad that the original location is gone, but at least we still have a part of TraderVics around, same bartenders so that is a good thing.
Oh well, what can we do? At least it did not close100%

By: Humuhumu

Humuhumu — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:37:25 +0000

Saucy Minx: The “relocation” is supposed to open tomorrow, May 3.

Hulaboy: I haven’t made it to the new/old Dallas location yet, but I hope to soon. Here’s my post about the Dallas Trader Vic’s reopening:
After 20 Years, the Triumphant Return of Trader Vic’s to Dallas!

Boo!: Come on down from the ceiling, it’s going to be okay.

JP: Totally.

Rob: I bet you’re kicking yourself! You can pay your penance at Tiki-Ti. It’s totally different from Trader Vic’s, but the drinks are perfect for drowning your tiki sorrows.

By: Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Trader Vic’s Becomes Trader Meh

Humu Kon Tiki » Blog Archive » Trader Vic’s Becomes Trader Meh — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:05:23 +0000

[...] week’s closure of the Trader Vic’s in Beverly Hills has caused widespread sadness — Trader Vic’s closure may have been quiet, but the [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:47:25 +0000

Damn, and I had been told this place had closed a few years ago. I can’t believe I could have gone back there, but now it’s too late!

I have fond memories of the place because it was my granny’s favorite restaurant, and I’d take her there monthly in the 90′s. Besides loving the decor, all the pretty painted ladies in the bar were to drool over.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:50:33 +0000

Harsh.

By: Boo!

Boo! — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:13:43 +0000

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see em
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that d.d.t. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

By: HulaBoy

HulaBoy — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:08:50 +0000

Have you been to the new Dallas location? Stumbled across it by accident while on a biz trip. The waiter told me it’s all the original decor that somehow got preserved, saved, when Trader Vics closed there years ago. No one can claim mediocrity in this place, it’s about as cool as it gets.

Wasn’t it the hotel that closed TV in Beverly Hills, not the company? I hate that the old one closed, but looking forward to a mai tai in the new locale.