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Old menu cover, original Trader Vic's, Oakland. Trader Vic's is a restaurant and tiki bar chain headquartered in Emeryville, California, United States.Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (December 10, 1902 in San Francisco – October 11, 1984 in Hillsborough, California) founded a chain of Polynesian-themed restaurants that bore his nickname, "Trader Vic".
Trader Vic’s was one of the first restaurant brands to prioritize developing its atmosphere. For Vic, the dining experience was just as important as serving high-quality food and drinks.
The other archetypical bar is Trader Vic's, the first of which was created by Victor Bergeron in Oakland, California, in 1936. The quintessential tiki cocktail, the Mai Tai, was concocted at the original Trader Vic's in 1944. [10] He began opening franchises outside of California, beginning with The Outrigger in Seattle, Washington in 1949.
Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic's, in Oakland, California, US. [2] Trader Vic's forerunner, Donn Beach, claimed to have instead first created it in 1933, although a longtime colleague said that Beach was actually just alleging that the Mai Tai was based on his Q.B. Cooler cocktail.
To make the original Don the Beachcomber Navy Grog, place in a cocktail shaker 3/4 ounce (22 mL) each fresh lime juice, white grapefruit juice, and club soda; 1 ounce (30 mL) each gold Demerara rum, dark Jamaican rum, and white Cuban or Puerto Rican rum; and 1 ounce (30 mL) honey mix (1:1 honey and water).
On 14 March 1996, a group of five armed terrorists threw Molotov cocktails into a restaurant in Sitra, Bahrain after pouring petrol there, killing seven Bangladeshi workers and destroying the restaurant while standing near the entrance and preventing people from escaping the fire.
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The group presents many public events, often with sponsorship from other groups and companies including: Dole Foods, Surf Ohio, Trader Vic's, Kahiki Foods, Royer Corporation, Barritt's Bermuda Stone Ginger Beer, Kona Brewing Company, and a variety of rum distillers.