Trader Vic's was delayed when the Corbin Park developer filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Construction activity began resuming in 2012; however, a new completion date for Trader Vic's has not been announced. The song "Werewolves of London," a Top 40 hit co-written by Warren Zevon and appearing on his 1978 album Excitable Boy, contains the line "I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's," presumably referring to the chain's London location. The restaurant is also referenced by Bill Murray's character Frank Cross to John Forsythe's character Lew Hayward in the 1988 movie "Scrooged." Trader Vic's Trader Vic's is a
Warren Zevon were the first Grammys of Zevon's thirty-plus year career. His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles. A tribute album titled "" was released October 19, 2004. Zevon's son, Jordan Zevon, was the executive producer of the album and performed "Studebaker", a previously unfinished composition by his father. A second tribute album, "Hurry Home Early: The Songs of Warren Zevon" ("hurry home early" is from the song "Boom Boom Mancini", on the album "Sentimental Hygiene") was released by Wampus Multimedia on July 8, 2005. On February 14, 2006, VH1 Classic premiered a