Post #352670 by christiki295 on Thu, Jan 3, 2008 7:37 AM

On 2008-01-02 11:45, Kenike wrote:

Damn! What is it with the whole TV enterprise?

Don't forget...Trader Vic's is a franchise. The Trader Vic's company doesn't always have a say on how one of their branches close. That's up to the investors/owners of that particular restaurant. It's a shame they have to be shady about it but they're only looking at their profit margins and not the tiki community. Sometimes the final decision is made the day before they close. I'd be interested to know how much notice the employees got.

Just to reiterate what's already been said...SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TIKI BAR!!

It seems odd that after the investment and the marketing of TV, the owners would close up shop, but if there is no one buying Tiki drinks at the bar and only a few people dinning, the owners had to walk away from the investment - assuming it was even their investment and not a bank, brokerage, etc.'s investment.