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Old May 16, 2007 | 9:26 pm
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Originally Posted by IceTrojan
You know, back in high school, I decided to start the Hard Rock tee collection, which started in Honolulu.

After finding out each tee was $20, my collection stopped at one.
I have like 7 or so now..

Rio de Janeiro
Guangzhou (which I heard closed)
Tokyo (one got stolen )
Amsterdam (wearing it now)
Beijing (latest one)
Singapore
London
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Old May 18, 2007 | 8:30 am
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The HR t-shirts go for about $1-$3 in your local thrift store. Enjoy.

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Old May 18, 2007 | 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by redbeard911
Added Washington, DC tonight.
You should have called!
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Old May 26, 2007 | 12:25 am
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Double as I checked the HRC website and it seems they've pushed back the open date for Bucharest to "Fall 2007" from what had been a June open date. Was going to be one stop I had planned for my NW OTP run in Aug., but not now.
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Old May 26, 2007 | 3:29 am
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I've only been to three hard rock cafes so far, and one of those is in my home country of the UK. The others were LA and Copenhagen.

The one thing I love about the Hard Rock Cafe is that the staff always seem to enjoy their jobs, and they give better, more friendly service than most 'posh' restaurants I've been to.

I don't collect the T-Shirts, yet, as they seem so expensive, but I think I might start...

I didn't realise there was a HRC in Tokyo! I can't wait to go there now
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Old May 26, 2007 | 5:01 am
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The one thing I love about the Hard Rock Cafe is that the staff always seem to enjoy their jobs, and they give better, more friendly service than most 'posh' restaurants I've been to.


That me reminds me of a visit to the Hard Rock in Oslo with my sister and a friend of hers: As you might know, there's free refill of soda, and sometimes they ask you if you want more, sometimes you gotta ask them, which is no big deal..However this one time, as I was about to finish my Pepsi (I always seem to drink up first..), the waitress suddenly appeared with three new glasses of soda without even asking us first.. That's what I would call great service. And before the meal was over, we got even another refill without asking.. I don't need to say that she got a few extra NOK as tips that day..



However, I did also experience once - again with my sister and a friend - that my sisters friend didn't get her hamburger. She asked the waiter, who apologized, and promised her a free ice-cream. When we got the bill, the ice cream was on it.. However, we didn't bother and paid for it anyway..
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Old May 26, 2007 | 6:20 am
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Originally Posted by percussionking
Dallas has one. It seems kinda small on the inside but there is an upstairs with an excellent view of the stage and an outside area.
It's closed now. Just a month ago or more.
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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 9:21 pm
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Added the Hard Rock in Amsterdam a month ago. Service a little slow, but great location. Very close to museum's and right next door to the casino.
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 3:01 pm
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Talking My HRC List

WOW! I just found this thread and amazed at the different HRC's people have been to. I've been a HUGE t-shirt collector and just recently a Huntington Bear Company collector Here's a list of where I've been:

Houston (hometown)
Dallas (first ever HRC I visited, the original)
New York City
Washington D.C.
Baltimore
Orlando
New Orleans
Austin (sad it's now closed)
San Antonio
Phoenix
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles Beverly Center
Los Angeles Universal
Maui
Guam
Makati-Manila
Buenos Aires
London
Paris
Berlin
Munich
Rome
Amsterdam
Madrid
Barcelona
Montreal
Toronto
Tonronto-SkyDome
Niagara Falls Canada
Niagara Falls USA
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Hotel
Atlanta
San Diego

Friends/family got me stuff from these HRC's:
Beirut
Kona
Stockholm
Key West
Nashville

Mad that I didn't make it to the Sydney one, but vow to visit it some day soon! Can't wait to add Lisbon, Oslo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka, Melbourne, and Narita to my growing list!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 4:08 pm
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We walked by the San Antonio HRC last weekend. The timing didn't work out for some nachos or twisted mac.

BTW - Washington DC shirts are great!
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 10:43 pm
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Added Las Vegas. I finally got the cool double dragon back design. The LV City shirt has a showgirl and dice on the back. Kinda cheesy...
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 10:42 am
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Adding one more to my list...

...hit the HRC Hong Kong this past afternoon.
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 11:24 am
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I've been collecting shot glasses (just the basic logo for uniformity)

domestic
Hollywood
San Fransisco
Washington DC
Houston
Austin (closed)
Maui (only one I haven't visited, thanks mom!)
Orlando
Lousiville
Nashville
Miami
Salt Lake City

International
Montreal
Mexicio City
London
Berlin
Munich
Koln (made a special trip to just get)
Rome
Moscow, Still my favorite club, it had been open two weeks when I visited and after living in Russia for two months looked like a beacon of American to a home sick college student. It is actually a very nice multi-story venue.
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 1:49 pm
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Haven't been to one in forever except in Tijuana because I knew they would probably have a decent bathroom (they did).
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 9:49 am
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-Updated again on June 12,2010 with more locations....
I updated with a few additional locations since my original post...

I just visited the fairly new HRC in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico over the weekend. The San Juan site is very nice and I would recommend it.

I'll try to list my other visits that come to mind:

- Manila (Makati City), Philippines
- Tokyo Roppongi
- Hong Kong
- Rome
- London
- Madrid
- Whistler (Now Closed)
- Aruba (Now Closed)
- Hollywood
- Santa Monica
- Grand Cayman Island - Now Closed (Open Again, as of Summer 2010!)
- Cancun
- Cozumel
- Dallas (Both Old and New locations)
- Houston
- New York (One of my first HRC visits, I blew $500 on a HRC New York Leather jacket when i was 21!
- Wash DC
- Baltimore
- Philadelphia
- St Louis
- Orlando Universal City Walk
- Miami
- Chicago
- Denver
- San Juan
- Las Vegas
- Toronto Sky Dome
- Toronto Yonge Street
- New Orleans
- Atlantic City
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- New Delhi, India, Saket City Mall
- Yankee Stadium, New York

I'll update as I remember more locations. I have my old shotglass collection in a closet somewhere that my wife won't let me "display". It looked great in my bachelor pad 10 years ago.

I now collect the costumed Huntington bears for my 4 year old. The Rome bear is in a gladiator costume. The London bear is in a Buckingham palace guard costume. Denver is in a snow-boarder costume. San Juan is a pirate. Etc.... Not all locations seem to have the costumed bears but I buy them when I see them. My son's favorite is the Panda bear from Hong Kong HRC.

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Last edited by J_Hawk; Jun 12, 2010 at 12:40 pm Reason: Updated with recent HRC Sitings...
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