This Trader Vic's location was in the Radisson SAS Hotel. It opened in 1990, and closed in 2013.

Opened in 1958.

The Havana Trader Vic's opened at a volatile time -- just six months after the restaurant opened, its American manager was shot while running to catch one of the last airplanes out of Cuba back to the US.

This location is still open and Polynesian, but it is no longer a Trader Vic's -- it is run by the Cuban government as El Polinesio.

The 1964 movie "I Am Cuba" used decor, notably some birdcage lamps, from this Trader Vic's.

Trader Vic was stuck with a ton of useless Havana labeled menus, so signed each one with a note calling Fidel a "stinker" and sold them off as collector's items. See below...

Opened in 1973.

This Trader Vic's was located in the Crown Center Hotel (later the Westin Hotel or Westin Crown Center) and closed in 1996 when its lease was not renewed by the hotel.

A 1973 clipping from The Kansas City Times reveals that all the Trader Vic's cooks were immigrant Chinese without any fluency in English. After complaining that they couldn't function outside the restaurant with their poor English skills, the manager (after searching in vain for a community college course for adult ESL learners) delegated his secretary, Ms. Chere Simons, to tutor them after work, and though she had never taught ESL, she put her degree in Elementary Education to work and had great success. Soon, they no longer had to depend on Trader Vic's staff to write their rent checks for them or sign their leases, or do things that many native English speakers take for granted, and they could be heard practicing their newfound English skills in the kitchen during work hours as well.

When the London Trader Vic's opened at the London Hilton in 1963, it was the first expansion outside of North America. In 1978, Warren Zevon immortalized the London Trader Vic's in his song "Werewolves of London" from his Excitable Boy album: "I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's... his hair was perfect."

In July 2011, a fire in the hotel caused some minor damage, requiring a short closure and a bit of remodeling in the dining room.

As of November 27th, 2022, the General Manager of Trader Vic's London stated that their lease was not renewed by Hilton and this location would close on December 31st, 2022.

There was a petition and much sadness in the tiki community, but this location did, in fact, shut its doors at the end of 2022.

Opened in 1999 at the Ritz Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa.

Opened in 1997.

Located in La Alcazaba, a resort/luxury apartment complex in Marbella, Spain. It changed from Trader Vic's to simply "Polynesians" in 2009, and operated under that name until 2013. It is now closed.

The Munich Trader Vic's is located in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. It opened in time for Munich's 1972 Olympic Games. It remains a great example of the golden days of Trader Vic's design.

Opened in 2000.

Located in the Hotel Intercontinental.

This site was a relocation of the original New York Trader Vic's, which was in the Savoy Hilton.

When the Savoy Hilton was demolished in 1965 to make way for the General Motors building, the Trader Vic's moved here, to the Plaza Hotel.

This location opened August 22, 1965.

When Donald Trump bought the Plaza in 1989, he closed the Trader Vic's.

There was a 40-foot outrigger canoe on display here that was used by Marlon Brando in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty."

This Trader Vic's was a mainstay in the Savoy Hilton from April 3rd, 1958 onward, but was demolished in 1965 to make way for the General Motors building. At that time, the restaurant moved across the street to a location in the Plaza Hotel. Both Bob Fosse and Stanley Kubrick were regulars, and in 1964, Kubrick first discussed his idea for 2001: A Space Odyssey here.

This Trader Vic's location operated from 1986 to the late 2000s. It was located in the Hotel New Otani.

When the Palo Alto Trader Vic's opened in 2001, it was the first new Trader Vic's in the U.S. in 28 years. It was a bit of a departure from the core Trader Vic's concept -- rather than a moody, mysterious interior chock-full of items from the four corners of the globe, the look was bright, airy and relatively streamlined. The U.S. Trader Vic's that have opened since have returned to a more rich, elegant feeling, but are still relatively sparse compared to the Trader Vic's of old.

The Palo Alto Trader Vic's housed a rather large collection of stunning Papua New Guinea art, courtesy of the franchise owner (who also owns the neighboring Dinah's Court hotel).

The Palo Alto Trader Vic's location closed in August 2012.