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Article: Trader Vic's rich history
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- December 28, 2005
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People tend to talk about Trader Vic's restaurants with waves of
nostalgia, and that was the case earlier this month when the
restaurant announced it was leaving the Palmer House after a 48-year-
run. The Harry Caray's restaurant group will reopen Trader Vic's next
year on the North Side as part of a franchise agreement.
The calming South Seas effect of Trader Vic's extends to
restaurants in Bangkok, Berlin, Tokyo and Beirut. Next year Trader
Vic's is slated to open on the Las Vegas strip, China and Amann,
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