Saturday, May 14, 2022

Remembering Portland’s Coon Chicken Inn


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By Jerry PDX
Friday, May 13, 2022 at 3:23:00 P.M. EDT

Those postcards would fetch a pretty penny now. That sort of thing is considered “black Americana,” and is highly collectible. Oprah collects that stuff; she just loves to be reminded of her “oppression,” I guess. Here in the progressive paradise of Portland we once had a “Coon Chicken Inn” restaurant, which was known for its black caricature decor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon_Chicken_Inn

According to wiki, the last location in Portland closed in 1949, which is not true, because I live here. The restaurant in question closed later, though I can’t remember exactly when, sometime in the 70’s, I think. They just did away with the most of the caricature decor and changed the name.

The owners of the restaurant were still pressured to close by “activists,” because of its history. I remember we found an old menu from the restaurant in my grandparents’ house after they died but it got sold in the estate sale. Maybe Oprah’s got it now.

N.S.: More like black supremacist “activists” saw an opportunity, and influential Whites refused to help the besieged owners, or actively aided and abetted the black supremacists.



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We had a "Chicken Coop" restaurant--but I like the "Coon Chicken" moniker better.Plenty of nigs in the Chicken Coop--might as well have been "The Coon".

--GRA

Anonymous said...

Maybe there is a lot of money in such collectibles as a menu from Coon Chicken. And YES the negro do like yard bird.