Sambo's
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Sambo's was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California. Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its two founder
The first and last Sambo's Restaurant in Santa Barbara, California (2005)
A former Sambo's in Alpena, Michigan, now occupied by Big Boy
Denny's
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Denny's is an American table service diner-style restaurant chain. It operates over 1,400 restaurants in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and several other international locations.
Sambo's
…Barbara, California closed their doors. By February 1983, 618 of the locations were renamed Season's Friendly Eating. Several locations were sold to Denny's, including the Fort Lauderdale store. Bakers Square's parent company acquired Sambo's in California in October 1984. Many Sambo's locations were converted…
Corporate headquarters in downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina, pictured in July 2012
Original "Denny's" located in Lakewood, California (1953)
Denny's Diner in Bangor, Maine, inspired by 1950s culture (March 2008)
Exterior of a former Denny's in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (November 2017)