The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails

Trader Vic’s

Trader Vic’s is a chain of tiki bars that began in Oakland, California. See tiki. Its founder, Victor Bergeron, claimed to have invented the Mai Tai. See Bergeron, Victor “Trader Vic”; and Mai Tai.

Maria Dolores Boadas tossing a cocktail behind the bar at Bar Boadas, Barcelona, ca. 1965.

Courtesy of Bar Boadas.

Trader Vic’s Primary Image Maria Dolores Boadas tossing a cocktail behind the bar at Bar Boadas, Barcelona, ca. 1965. Source: Courtesy of Bar Boadas.