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...

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

This Trader Vic's location opened in 1999, and had closed by 2007. Its signature drink was a Singapore Sling variation, called the "Hakata Sling," named for an area of Fukuoka. Its garnish was one of two special Hakata doll toppers, a figurine associated with the region. After this location closed, the remaining doll toppers went to the Trader Vic's in Tokyo, where you may be able to order a Hakata Sling off-menu and perhaps get a Hakata doll topper as garnish.

Ren Clark's Polynesian Village was in the Western Hills Hotel, and was richly decorated with bamboo, tapacloth, floats, lights, thatch and peacock chairs. It had several rooms: the Tahitian Room, the Hawaiian Room, the Samoan Hut, and the Cannibal Cocktail Lounge. Its signature tiki was carved by Milan Guanko.

Ren Clark was a magician, and held several posts in magician groups in the 1950s. For entertainment at his Polynesian Village restaurant he performed a magic act; as a souvenir, patrons could purchase a grotesque mug of a severed head -- this mug has become one of the more sought-after tiki mug collectibles, despite it not being really all that "tiki."

The Polynesian Village opened on June 20th, 1960. The hotel was open from 1951 until it burned down in 1969.

The location is currently a Winn-Dixie Marketplace.

This Trader Vic's location supplanted the nearby original Oakland Trader Vic's, and has been the company's flagship restaurant since it opened in 1972. The Emeryville Trader Vic's is positioned near the end of a spit in San Francisco Bay, and has beautiful views of the nearby marina and city lights across the water.

The Emeryville Trader Vic's closed at the end of April 2010 for renovations, and reopened on September 28, 2010. The newly-refreshed Trader Vic's Emeryville has a stronger focus on tiki decor, and works to strike the balance between the sunny blue marina view and the moodiness of a traditional Tiki bar. Many of the carvings, lighting and other decorative elements have come from other, now-closed Trader Vic's restaurants from around the globe.

The restaurant is large, with several banquet rooms available for private parties. There is a large bar area near the entrance, and two dining rooms at the back of the restaurant.

This Trader Vic's opened in the Breidenbacher Hof hotel in 1987. In 1999 the hotel closed, was eventually torn down and rebuilt, and when the hotel finally reopened in 2008 Trader Vic's was gone.

Located in the Crowne Plaza Dubai. Opened in 1994 and had a makeover and was re-launched in April 2017.

The new design of the restaurant, which sits within the 3rd floor of the 5-star Crowne Plaza Hotel, makes the most of the floor-to-ceiling, with contemporary fabrics, new luxurious seating, Polynesian décor, paintings, artefacts and carpet designed exclusively for Trader Vic’s.

This Trader Vic's was located in the once-beautiful Statler Hotel. After the Hilton chain bought the Statler in the early 60's, this Trader Vic's was opened on the ground floor (sometime between 1963 and 1968). At this Trader Vic's, the bartenders were contained behind glass, much like the Chinese Ovens -- the waitstaff handled all the drink serving, and there was no customer interaction with the bartenders. The restaurant had a jacket-required dress code, and had jackets on-hand to be loaned out. There was a VIP area with peacock chairs for special clientele.

The hotel changed hands several times between 1969 and when it finally went bankrupt and closed in 1975. The contents of the Trader Vic's went for only $7,500 at auction in January of the following year. The massive Statler has sat vacant for 30 years, until the hotel was razed in 2005.

This Trader Vic's location was originally opened in 1954 under the name "The Outrigger", located in Hotel Cosmopolitan at 18th and Broadway. The Hotel Cosmopolitan opened in 1926 and was demolished in 1984.

The Outrigger name changed to Trader Vic's in 1962.

This Trader Vic's closed in 1978 when the corporation decided they wanted a fresher location than the, by that time, 52-year-old hotel, and Trader Vic's opened a different location at the brand-new Denver Hilton three blocks away.

A Don the Beachcomber's moved into the vacated spot left by Trader Vic's at the Cosmopolitan.

The second Trader Vic's location at the Hilton lasted until 1985.

The Dallas Trader Vic's opened in 1967 in what was then the north wing of the Dallas Hilton Inn. It closed in the spring of 1989, but was kept somewhat intact, with much of the original decor still in place. Over the next 20 years, the space was available for private rentals. In 2006, the hotel became the Hotel Palomar, and plans got underway to reopen the Trader Vic's. Trader Vic's finally reopened, looking every bit the classic Trader Vic's it was, in March 2007. Sadly, a burst pipe in January 2010 led to the restaurant closing.

The hotel site is now known, as of 2024 (and since 2014), as The Highland Dallas.

*Photos below show the original postcard hotel image from 1967 and colorized image of the front entrance of Trader Vic's at the time with a Barney West carving out front. Then, jump to the refurbished 2007 Trader Vic's and its menu.

Opened March 26th, 1957.

Located in the lower level of the Palmer House Hilton. Was originally called "The Traders." New ownership at the Palmer House ousted Trader Vic's in December 2005 after nearly 50 years in its location.

After a three-year hiatus, Trader Vic's reopened in a new Chicago location in late 2008.

Opened in 2000 and closed in 2006.

This location was in the Sheraton Royal Gardens Hotel.