Let's talk about Naugles - Page 6

mousepod · 04-23-2007, 05:07 PM

I used to love HoJo's. I would often take out-of-town visitors to the one in Times Square. So many memories...

JWBear · 04-23-2007, 05:18 PM

Digressing from restaurants for a moment…. anybody else miss Bell Brand Corn Chips. They were soooo much better than Fritos - and there was a bell shaped chip in each bag!

Ghoulish Delight · 04-23-2007, 06:02 PM

Oh man, in 1984, my family spent 6 weeks touring the east coast, starting in New Hampshire and working our way by auto down to Virginia. We stayed at HoJo's probably 80% of the time. I don't believe I've ever set foot in a HoJo's again.

Babette · 04-23-2007, 06:45 PM

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Sambos was always a favorite for breakfast after we stayed at a Howard Johnsons with an orange roof. I come from CLASS I tell ya!

OMG we were somewhere recently (the last few months) and there was a Sambos! I can't remember where, but I grabbed the business card (can't find it right now) because I couldn't believe they were still around. I think it was Kentucky. Didn't they all turn into Denny's? I just remember the one we went as kids to had a beautiful mural on the wall.

Not Afraid · 04-23-2007, 06:51 PM

The murals were always wonderful. I think I still have a childhood copy of "Little Black Sambo" somewhere. My mother LOVED that book.

Stan4dSteph · 04-23-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Oh man, in 1984, my family spent 6 weeks touring the east coast, starting in New Hampshire and working our way by auto down to Virginia. We stayed at HoJo's probably 80% of the time. I don't believe I've ever set foot in a HoJo's again.

Are you forgetting MouseAdventure?

Alex · 04-23-2007, 07:10 PM

The only Sambo's restaurant that was part of the original chain is in Santa Barbera. There are Sambo or similarly named restaurants elsewhere but apparently none of them were ever part of the chain (for example, Li'l Sambo's in Lincoln Beach, Oregon).

But if there's someone out there running an illicit Sambo's that would be cool.

My coolest memory of Sambo's (I think I've shared this before) was at the one in Newport Beach, Oregon. We were in there during a rainstorm and it was a decent one. But we were right on theedge of it. Big front wall of windows for the restaurant and halfway down the building it went from heavy rain to no rain at all in a very steady line.

The local Sambo's in our home town was turned into a Burgerville.

Babette · 04-23-2007, 07:18 PM

Speaking of Sambos, I just came across this history of racially stereotyped "spokespeople".

Alex · 04-23-2007, 07:33 PM

I'd read that yesterday. And in it Sambo's is the only one where I still shake my head trying to see the racial insentivity.

I see nothing wrong with that representation of Sambo. Looks like something you'd fine on Small World.

€uroMeinke · 04-23-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Never heard of Naugles. All it makes me think of is some sort of strange animal that is used to make naugahyde.

"How many Naugles died to make this couch?"

That would be Naugas:

(My Hairdresser collects them)

04-23-2007, 05:07 PM	#51
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I used to love HoJo's. I would often take out-of-town visitors to the one in Times Square. So many memories... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Digressing from restaurants for a moment…. anybody else miss Bell Brand Corn Chips. They were soooo much better than Fritos - and there was a bell shaped chip in each bag! __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Oh man, in 1984, my family spent 6 weeks touring the east coast, starting in New Hampshire and working our way by auto down to Virginia. We stayed at HoJo's probably 80% of the time. I don't believe I've ever set foot in a HoJo's again. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-23-2007, 06:51 PM	#55
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	The murals were always wonderful. I think I still have a childhood copy of "Little Black Sambo" somewhere. My mother LOVED that book.
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04-23-2007, 07:10 PM	#57
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The only Sambo's restaurant that was part of the original chain is in Santa Barbera. There are Sambo or similarly named restaurants elsewhere but apparently none of them were ever part of the chain (for example, Li'l Sambo's in Lincoln Beach, Oregon). But if there's someone out there running an illicit Sambo's that would be cool. My coolest memory of Sambo's (I think I've shared this before) was at the one in Newport Beach, Oregon. We were in there during a rainstorm and it was a decent one. But we were right on theedge of it. Big front wall of windows for the restaurant and halfway down the building it went from heavy rain to no rain at all in a very steady line. The local Sambo's in our home town was turned into a Burgerville.
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04-23-2007, 07:18 PM	#58
Babette Snubbed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cupcake heaven Posts: 433	Speaking of Sambos, I just came across this history of racially stereotyped "spokespeople".
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04-23-2007, 07:33 PM	#59
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'd read that yesterday. And in it Sambo's is the only one where I still shake my head trying to see the racial insentivity. I see nothing wrong with that representation of Sambo. Looks like something you'd fine on Small World.
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