I vaguely remember eating at sambos in the 1970's in CA when driving from LA to San Diego. It was like a dennys....does anyone know what happened?
2006-09-24 15:47:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dining Out ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
well, my parents were driving, i was like 3 or 4
2006-09-24 15:48:02 · update #1
look on wikipidedia
2006-09-25 07:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're jogging a lot of rusty brain cells.
The children's story about "little black Sambo" outsmarting and out running the tiger (he got the tiger to chase his own tail until he melted into butter, then Sambo put him on his pancakes and ate him) goes way back. When they started the Sambo's chain they dropped the black part but kept the story. Then "Sambo" started to be used as a racial insult, and as others have said, the chain started to fail, then was taken over. IHOP (which all had steep pitched blue roofs at that same time) is much the same sort of place.
2006-09-24 18:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remeber Sambos. It had a story on the menu of Sambo a little black kid being chased by a Tiger who wanted to eat him. I used to go to one in California when I was about eight or nine with my parents. I think they got bought out, but there is no way they could have a place like that now! Way too much PC these days!
2006-09-24 17:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by rjames32661 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remember Sambo's! It was a lot like Bob's Big Boy. It would probably be considered politically incorrect these days, since the word sambo could be a racially derogatory term. I don't know if they closed down or what, as it's been nearly 22 years since I've been to California.
2006-09-24 15:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by Joe & Amy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had Sambos in Northern Ca. It was a good place for breakfast.
2006-09-25 06:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by LJRobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remember Sambos. There was one in L.A. on Vermont Avenue off of Wilshire Blvd. I think they tore that one down.
2006-09-26 11:45:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I remember they had the story of sambo being chased by tigers and turning them or him into butter on the tables. I think they either went out of business or turned into another food chain
2006-09-24 15:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i remenber eating at Sambos ,they had there own pancake mix, then all the Sambos disappeared, excepet for one Sambos in Santa Barbara , Ca.
2006-09-24 19:46:14 · answer #8 · answered by loveable_warmhearted 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in San Diego recently and I didn't see one.
2006-09-24 16:51:23 · answer #9 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remember them. I think the civil rights people had issues with them...they probably changed their name. They were a pancake house.
2006-09-25 03:29:40 · answer #10 · answered by momcat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i used to eat there in the merced mall. i remember the little wooden nickles they had good for coffee.
2006-09-24 17:24:21 · answer #11 · answered by greg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋