Trader Vic’s Emeryville opened in 1973, a replacement for the Oakland, California, original that debuted in 1934. Renovations in 2010 made the space even more tiki-fied, ...

The Trader Vic's in Emeryville is still open, as well as Trader Vic's in Chicago, Beverly Hills, Atlanta and 17 others worldwide. The San Francisco location at 20 Cosmo Place closed in 1994 and is ...

From the Kopec’s and the rest of the people at the Mai Tai’s 50th birthday celebration, you get the sense that Trader Vic was stirring up more than rum, Orgeat, and lime.

Intoxicating Mai Tais. Servers who remembered your name. Corner booths where lovers could go. Before it closed in 1990, Trader Vic’s was the place in Scottsdale to go to impress ...

2007-05-13 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- The iconic high-peaked Polynesian entrance and towering islander totem pole still stand outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But Trader Vic's, the Rat Pack ...

It’s hardly an architectural icon on the level of the Capitol Records Building or Cinerama Dome, both designed by the same firm. Nor is the place as historically important as, say, the now ...