cdenker Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Does anyone remember the "Circus Circus" restaurant over at 6015 Westheimer? It was one of the early Pappas restaurants, during the 80s. The official name was just "Circus". But EVERYONE always called it "Circus Circus". Does anyone remember why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdenker Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Does anyone remember the "Circus Circus" restaurant over at 6015 Westheimer? It was one of the early Pappas restaurants, during the 80s. The official name was just "Circus". But EVERYONE always called it "Circus Circus". Does anyone remember why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Probably because of the "Circus, Circus" hotel in Las Vegas...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPB Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Wow, I used to work there in the early 80's. I actually applied for a cook position in 1980 and Chris Pappas hired me to do odd jobs as the restaurant wasn't opened yet. I spent many hours polishing the front brass doors. Once the restaurant opened, Chris moved me to a cook. On the weekends there was an acrobat from Guiana who performed tricks all over the restaurant and a clown making animal balloons for the kids. Really fun place to work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdenker Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 5:02 PM, KPB said: Wow, I used to work there in the early 80's. I actually applied for a cook position in 1980 and Chris Pappas hired me to do odd jobs as the restaurant wasn't opened yet. I spent many hours polishing the front brass doors. Once the restaurant opened, Chris moved me to a cook. On the weekends there was an acrobat from Guiana who performed tricks all over the restaurant and a clown making animal balloons for the kids. Really fun place to work!! did people call is "Circus Circus" back in the early days? I'm guessing people called it that because of "Circus Circus" in Vegas, or perhaps because there were two "Circus" signs in the front (left and right side), so people might see that and start calling it "Circus Circus". In any case, everyone I know including me has always called it "Circus Circus", and I was surprised when I learned the names is only "Circus". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 11/12/2023 at 3:57 PM, cdenker said: did people call is "Circus Circus" back in the early days? I'm guessing people called it that because of "Circus Circus" in Vegas, or perhaps because there were two "Circus" signs in the front (left and right side), so people might see that and start calling it "Circus Circus". In any case, everyone I know including me has always called it "Circus Circus", and I was surprised when I learned the names is only "Circus". Yeah, it was a common misconception to call it "Circus Circus", but those hipper more in-the-know folks knew it was only Circus. The same kind of people who would eat there during lunch, and cruise the Richmond Strip at night. Y'know, yuppies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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