Whatever became of racist restaraunts like "Sambos" and "Coon's Chicken Inn"?

Taverner

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Mon Mar-24-08 12:25 PM
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Whatever became of racist restaraunts like "Sambos" and "Coon's Chicken Inn"?

Do they still exist under a different name?

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Rabrrrrrr

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Mon Mar-24-08 12:33 PM
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1. They're known now as Olive Garden, Popeye's, Cracker Barrel, and Denny's

:shrug:

No, I have no idea, though certainly Cracker Barrel and Denny's continue the time-honored tradition of racism.

We did have a Sambo's in my hometown when I was a kid, but it only lasted a few years.

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Taverner

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Mon Mar-24-08 12:37 PM
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3. Yes we even had one in Berkeley - I think its a Korean Grill now

I heard somewhere that Coon's became Cook's, but I have no substantiation of that

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Elidor

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Mon Mar-24-08 12:37 PM
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2. There's one left

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo%27s

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KamaAina

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Mon Mar-24-08 01:58 PM
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4. Turns out Sambo's really was pure evil

never mind the name:

Battistone is also the original owner of the New Orleans Jazz in the NBA. He later moved the team to Utah and sold it.

:grr:

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XemaSab

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Mon Mar-24-08 02:05 PM
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6. It's about a mile from my house

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LeftinOH

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Mon Mar-24-08 02:04 PM
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5. My entire family got food poisoning at Sambo's once.. special 'sauce' my ass...n/t

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laconicsax

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:40 PM
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14. That's what makes it special

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Aristus

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Mon Mar-24-08 02:21 PM
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7. We used to go to a Sambo's in San Antonio every Sunday after church when I was a kid.

When you're a kid, of course, you rarely think of the racist angle (especially if you're white, like me...), but I don't know what my parents were thinking. My mother's parents were pretty openly racist, but my mother overcame that kind of upbringing to become very liberal.

I didn't know there was even one Sambo's left in existence. Coon Chicken Inn was featured prominently in Kevin Wilmott's blisteringly satirical film "C.S.A." It was portrayed as a fictional family restaurant in a hypothetical society where the Confederacy won the Civil War. Wilmott revealed at the end of the film that Coon Chicken Inn actually existed in real life, in of all places, Seattle.

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grasswire

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Mon Mar-24-08 02:44 PM
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8. the memorabilia is collectible

Coon Chicken Inn menus, Sambo's coasters, etc.

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nytemare

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:08 PM
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9. There was a Sambo's about 1/4 mile from where I now live.

In the mid 80's, it was called "Village Inn", and for the last maybe 8-10 years, it has been a "Hooters".

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ironflange

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Mon Mar-24-08 07:07 PM
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15. So Sambo's became a Hooters

Edited on Mon Mar-24-08 07:08 PM by ironflange

There's gotta be a joke in there somewhere!

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:17 PM
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10. In Wisconsin, they became JoJo's...but they didn't last that long.

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ghostsofgiants

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:18 PM
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11. Wow, Coon Chicken Inn really existed?

I thought it was just a joke in Ghost World, haha.

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Taverner

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:23 PM
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12. Really did exist

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/links/chicken/

CSA shows them prominently

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Ellen Forradalom

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Mon Mar-24-08 05:39 PM
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13. There's a Sambo's in Santa Barbara

It's quite alive and well.

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jonnyblitz

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Mon Mar-24-08 07:15 PM
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16. I remember your thread about " Confederate States of America"

awhile back,the commercials they showed. does all the current discussion of race make you think of this? :hi:

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Skittles

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Mon Mar-24-08 07:34 PM
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17. trivia: know the movie "SPINAL TAP" ?

in the scene when they are in the - I think it is "SEASONS" restaurant - it was at the corner of Lamar and Ben White in Austin; used to be a Sambos - yes INDEED

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