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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Being grossly non PC wasn’t just one their issues. Terrible quality. Even an after the fact name change wasn’t gonna save them.( to Four Seasons Restaurant). Good bye!
Yeah, but the only ones I remember were full of (now to me stinky) remnants of varios tobacco products....
Anybody who ever read the story, Little Black Sambo, while they were children (as did I), knew that Sambo was an Indian from India.
Besides that, Sambo’s name came from combining the names of the two partners, Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett.
Although the chain is long gone, one Sambo’s remains still in operation at Santa Barbara, CA.
Aww yeah.
We went to the one on Mercer Street in Seattle all the time. It was common to run into a 'famous' Seattle musician or two browsing the aisles as well.
I remember hanging out there with Alice In Chains when they debuted (or as kids today call it, dropped) the Dirt album.
They played it track by track with commentary along the way from the band about the song being played, the recording process, touring, etc.
I also remember the local rock radio station, KISW, handed out these small canvas bags of dirt. Inside a few of the bags were some bones, and if you got a bag with a bone in it, you got a signed copy of the CD along with some other sweet swag. I think backstage passes to an AiC gig too.
It was cool and weird at the same time. Back then, it was like we were all friends, so asking or getting an autograph was awkward. But there were some groupies hanging around who thought it was the coolest thing ever to get an autograph from the band.
I do remember going to Red Robin with Jerry later that evening. The original one on Fuhrman by the University bridge. It had this crazy steep sloped parking lot, still remember that too. It's long gone now. Back in the day, that was the joint to hang out. If it was too late for Red Robin, back into downtown to go to the Hurricane Cafe, also long gone now. So sad.
-Mike
Oh man. I have so many “first” memories with Tower, I could fill at several pages. Yeah, I remember Mercer St, U District and the Tacoma store. Later on, they put in the Federal Way store if I remember right. Wow.
I remember having at least the drill, but I think more.
Pretty much! Good for chasing and terrorizing the family pet, not much more.
Here they were acquired by Walgreen’s “Wag”s” chain, at least for a few years.
Wonder if Good Time Charlie's got one of these at his place? 
Well, Good Time Charlie has his own theme song.
Yep, I remember those as well.
Tacoma was closer to where I live (Olympia), so we spent more time there than the other locations.
There was one in Federal Way as well, but it was kind of janky. We didn't go there much.
-Mike
