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J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 1:24 PM On 2009-09-24 09:50, tikiyaki wrote: Regarding Sam's Seafood.....I feel the same way about it sometimes, but in the last 10 years or more of Sam's Seafood , the place had such a horrible reputation with the local community that, it seems, it couldn't shake it, even with the "new" Sam's in 2006. So when Chuck Purrington took it over in 2008, he decided to give the place a new name... How about splitting the difference? TC can informally refer to it as "Sam's the Beachcomber". It's like a secret society password. It seems a shame not to acknowledge the original history. Go to the DTBC website and original Sam's isn't even mentioned. [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2009-09-24 13:33 ]

On 2009-09-24 09:50, tikiyaki wrote:

Regarding Sam's Seafood.....I feel the same way about it sometimes, but in the last 10 years or more of Sam's Seafood , the place had such a horrible reputation with the local community that, it seems, it couldn't shake it, even with the "new" Sam's in 2006. So when Chuck Purrington took it over in 2008, he decided to give the place a new name...

How about splitting the difference? TC can informally refer to it as "Sam's the Beachcomber". It's like a secret society password.

It seems a shame not to acknowledge the original history. Go to the DTBC website and original Sam's isn't even mentioned.

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2009-09-24 13:33 ]

Post #484974 by JOHN-O on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 1:24 PM