Post #200581 by croe67 on Tue, Nov 29, 2005 10:00 AM

I was at Trader Vic's Chicago this weekend & heard the official word that the restaurant will close forever at midnight on December 31st. It is a shame & this historic location will be sadly missed! They had also sadly replaced the traditional Trader Vic's drink menus with a 1-pager that is full of typos (anyone for a "Scoporian Bowl" or a "Potted Parot"???). I lost count at about 6 typos....

BUT - the possible brighter lining is that we were told that a NEW Trader Vic's location will be opening in Chicago!!!!!! Likely on Michigan Avenue, though I did not get the impression that Real Estate was actually secured, yet. It was also shared with us that much of the existing Chicago Trader Vic's interior would be carefully dismantled, stored & used in the new location. While a new location won't be the same at the historic location today, it sounds like it will still have some link to the heritage of the old location.

Timing was TBD, but sounded like MAYBE within a year.......Is there anyone out there who is more linked in with Trader Vic's & has more details they would be allowed to share?