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‘Now where do we go?’: Classic Calif. restaurant closes for good
SF Gate ^ | 2/15/2023 | By Andrew Pridgen

Posted on 02/15/2023 8:40:43 AM PST by NohSpinZone

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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes there were several Coco’s in Silicon Valley that I knew of - couple in Sunnyvale and one in Campbell. All three are long gone.


41 posted on 02/15/2023 11:01:57 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

So true. There’s a local dinery near me that has been super popular for two decades now. No sign of slowing down but as ownership changes (even within the same family), it gets harder and harder to survive.


42 posted on 02/15/2023 11:03:35 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: KC Burke

I loved Tippens (remember when it was Pippens???). I use to eat there in Corinth a lot. At least we have the pies still at Hen House.


43 posted on 02/15/2023 11:06:49 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: peggybac

I don’t remember Cocos, but I remember eating at Tippin’s, which was close to Bannister Mall.


44 posted on 02/15/2023 11:07:12 AM PST by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: Luke21
The name of the last remaining Sambo's (which was located in Santa Barbara, California) was changed about two years ago to "Chad's". Interesting enough, the original name, "Sambos", was a combination of the two original owners name and didn't have anything to do with African-Americans:

The owners say the "Sambo's" name was a combination of owners names, Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell "Bo" Bohnett.

Also:

The story of "Sambo" featured an Indian boy, in the book Little Black Sambo. The work has been interpreted by many as offensive to Blacks. Even though the restaurant's name was not derived from the book, characters from it were used in promotional materials across the chain in prior decades.
It’s official – Chad’s replaces Sambo’s after 63 years in Santa Barbara

When I was a child in San Diego in the 1960's, they had a Sambos near Old Town. I loved going there for the hotcakes and to see the story of Sambo and the tiger painted around the upper wall of the dining room and on the children's menu. The boy depicted in the drawings was definitely an Indian character, turban and all (and, of course, there are no tigers in Africa).

45 posted on 02/15/2023 11:49:32 AM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: NohSpinZone

That can really kill a restaurant - the generational change. One of the ones that I liked died because it was owned by two brothers who had a dispute. The one went off and founded his own restarant that went nowhere. The brother who stayed with the original restaurant brought his kids in to help and gradually pulled back. The kids “modernized” the menu (including upping prices). It went downhill and people stopped going.


46 posted on 02/15/2023 11:58:04 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Red Badger

“Are you sure you weren’t in a Denny’s by mistake?”

every Denny’s i’ve ever been in has been heads and shoulders above the Coco’s in Phoenix ...


47 posted on 02/15/2023 12:20:51 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: AppyPappy

“Besides that, how was it?”

well, the food totally sucked, but there was lots of it ...


48 posted on 02/15/2023 12:21:42 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: catnipman

Never been to a Coco’s, but Denny’s is a restaurant of last resort.....................


49 posted on 02/15/2023 12:23:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: catnipman

‘The food is inedible but there is lots of it to not eat”...someone describing one of the cafeterias in college.


50 posted on 02/15/2023 12:44:06 PM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: CodeJockey

That was a famous Tampa area restaurant and Floridians loved it. Long gone, the site has been redeveloped into a business park.


51 posted on 02/15/2023 1:08:50 PM PST by robowombat ( ..)
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To: dfwgator

Used to meet friends there, on SR 84, by the National Guard Armory.

Dirty Ernie’s on Federal Hwy in Hallandale Bch and Wolfie’s in Miami Bch at Collins Ave and Lincoln Rd were other great places, now gone.

The Rustic Inn Crabhouse and the Tropical Acres Steakhouse, both on Griffin Rd were still there though, at least as of five years ago, last time I was there.


52 posted on 02/15/2023 1:56:21 PM PST by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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To: dakine

“The Beacon”

Never went there myself. But any restaurant on Bayshore Drive that could last had to be good. The odor from the red tides was enough to make people not want to go anywhere near the water. About the only one we went to on that side was the Grog. Their food was good but their drinks, especially that grog, was worth the trip. Lucky it was inland a few blocks and not right on the harbor.

wy69


53 posted on 02/15/2023 2:01:37 PM PST by whitney69
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To: CodeJockey

“...probably in 1971...”

MacDill was my first actual solid assignment. I came in 1969 and went right to bases outside conus and finally got nailed in ‘Nam and discharged. I came back in and went to MacDill in 1975 after the pronounced me workable.

They put me at the gym across from the theater at that time as they didn’t quite know what to do with me. I’m sure you remember the gym was part of a blown down hanger from Manilla. The floor of the weight room was part of the bowling alley lanes also from Manilla.

Being a very inexperienced troop who learned to play war rather than politics, I had been told to take care of the guys that played handball and sat in the sauna...free towels, drinks, etc.

I must have done something right as they came in and sat in the office with me and were talking about helping us out with the old building and equipment since we ha been so good to them. I had no idea what a St. Pete retired officer was or how huge. I mentioned that we had all the equipment we could hold, how about a new building? That was a joke. I didn’t believe what happened next.

They chartered an aircraft, flew to D.C., pulled some strings, and after a little over a year the huge facility by the softball fields and next to the JCSE yard was opened. As the story goes, “Out of the mouths of babes...” And they bargained for the new equipment to put in it. The old one was torn down up the street from the REDCOM and last I saw there years later there was a telephone pole left.

wy69


54 posted on 02/15/2023 2:23:31 PM PST by whitney69
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To: CodeJockey

“...probably in 1971...”

MacDill was my first actual solid assignment. I came in 1969 and went right to bases outside conus and finally got nailed in ‘Nam and discharged. I came back in and went to MacDill in 1975 after the pronounced me workable.

They put me at the gym across from the theater at that time as they didn’t quite know what to do with me. I’m sure you remember the gym was part of a blown down hanger from Manilla. The floor of the weight room was part of the bowling alley lanes also from Manilla.

Being a very inexperienced troop who learned to play war rather than politics, I had been told to take care of the guys that played handball and sat in the sauna...free towels, drinks, etc.

I must have done something right as they came in and sat in the office with me and were talking about helping us out with the old building and equipment since we ha been so good to them. I had no idea what a St. Pete retired officer was or how huge. I mentioned that we had all the equipment we could hold, how about a new building? That was a joke. I didn’t believe what happened next.

They chartered an aircraft, flew to D.C., pulled some strings, and after a little over a year the huge facility by the softball fields and next to the JCSE yard was opened. As the story goes, “Out of the mouths of babes...” And they bargained for the new equipment to put in it. The old one was torn down up the street from the REDCOM and last I saw there years later there was a telephone pole left.

wy69


55 posted on 02/15/2023 2:23:31 PM PST by whitney69
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To: CodeJockey

I still have some of the glasses from the Planters Punch.


56 posted on 02/15/2023 2:26:03 PM PST by Freak Flag (Trump. Can’t be bribed, can’t be blackmailed. )
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To: 1Old Pro

“Breakfast always tastes good at 3am after a long night out.”

There’s a lot of truth in that.


57 posted on 02/15/2023 4:51:36 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: kaktuskid

Denny’s used to be a good place to go. But, I’m in my 70s, so I’m going back a bit. I haven’t been to a Denny’s in almost 30 years. The reason is simple: There are none anywhere near me anymore.


58 posted on 02/15/2023 5:27:53 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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