Scottsdale Trader Vic’s location fading into the sunset
Tiki Talk readers tipped us off to the news yesterday, and yes, it's official: the Scottsdale, Arizona Trader Vic's location will be closing the evening of July 30, 2011.
Announced in a press release sent out by the Hotel Valley Ho where the restaurant is located and confirmed by the location's Facebook page, Trader Vic's is to be replaced by a yet-unnamed concept restaurant created by the hotel's food and beverage director, Charles Wiley.
The restaurant's previous Scottsdale location was in operation from 1962-1990. The current location was opened in 2005 when the Hotel Valley Ho revived itself as a mid-century modern mecca. Like the recently closed Chicago location, the restaurant was a franchisee and not owned by the Trader Vic's corporation.
If you're in the Arizona area, it's not too late to make reservations while it's still open. How about a tiki meetup on July 30th?
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