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Article: Tiki time
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 7, 2009
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Like the break in a wave, Trader Vic's is roaring back.
And so is the pupu platter.
After three years of anticipation, Trader Vic's -- which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year -- has reopened at 1030 N. State, on the ground floor of the Newberry Plaza building.
At the end of its 48-year-run in the basement of the Palmer House Hilton, the tiki-themed restaurant was not known for fine dining. The mainstay pupu platter, a tray of assorted meat and seafood appetizers, was regarded as something so mid-20th century, like vinyl records and F.D.R.
Guess what? All that's back too.
"Pupu" is Hawaiian for "relish" or "appetizer." The new Trader Vic's menu features pupus that are lighter and ...