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 played Zevon's songs throughout the night. Zevon stated previously that his illness was expected to be terminal within months after diagnosis in late 2002. However, he lived to see the birth of twin grandsons in June 2003 and the release of "The Wind" on August 26, 2003. Owing in part to the first VH1 broadcasts of Nick Read's documentary "Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart", the album reached number 12 on the U.S. charts, Zevon's highest placement since "Excitable Boy". When his diagnosis became public, Zevon wryly told the media that he just hoped to live long enough to