The Hilton in London is shutting down Trader Vic's on the cusp of its 60th anniversary. What could this mean for Atlanta's Trader Vic's--the last one in a Hilton in the U.S.?
, the effort to save Trader Vic’s includes history professors and TV presenters, whose expertise and prominence could be useful in swaying Hilton’s decision makers. Still, it’s not looking good. There’s no indication that the hotel chain is rethinking its plans. I’ve reached out to Hilton to ask about the closure of the London location and the company’s future with Trader Vic’s twice but haven’t gotten any replies.
I’ll cop to having a bit of a selfish motive in writing about this. I live in Atlanta, where the last Hilton in America with a Trader Vic’s can be found. The Atlanta Vic’s opened over a decade after London’s, in 1976, but it similarly hasn’t gone under any major refurbishments in the almost 50 years since opening. You can feel the years when you enter the Atlanta Vic’s, and that gives it a charm and gravitas that you won’t find at tiki revival spots like the nearby S.O.S. Tiki Bar.
That age and the news out of London make me afraid that Atlanta could be next on the chopping block. If Hilton is willing to close the older, more famous, and more historic London location, they absolutely would have no problem gutting the Atlanta one too. Part of why I reached out to Hilton was to ask about the future of Atlanta’s Trader Vic’s, and I’ll admit that’s a more pressing and urgent matter to me than London’s closure.
Hopefully that doesn’t happen, not in Atlanta, and not in London. Internet petitions are less than meaningless, but hopefully the real-life outcry over Vic’s English demise will make Hilton reconsider.
Senior editor Garrett Martin writes about videogames, comedy, travel, theme parks, wrestling, and anything else that gets in his way. He’s also on Twitter
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