Post #510175 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 12:48 PM

On 2010-01-27 16:53, aquarj wrote:
I think we tried to take a look at the Congo Room sometime around 2002. I think we found the little sign over a door in the hallway leading up to it, but not much else, and didn't get inside. Probably not so exciting a sight nowadays anyway, but it would be nice to see what it was like in the days of that menu.-Randy

I just happened to find myself at the Sahara last week. Indeed, the whole Sahara has nothing vintage left in it, everything was moved to one tower, they closed the older ones. Places like the House of Lords Steak House and Caravan Cafe are not the original ones, so why should the Congo Room be.

I followed the signs....

...but by the time I found it, I didn't even wanna try to get in.

Well, what can one expect from a place whose main attraction are its NASCAR-themed venues now!

R.I.P., Congo Room :(

Luckily, just around the corner, there still is the GOLDEN STEER, in all its classic American Steak House splendor:

(I know THIS is not African Americana either, but I didn't want to end with that depressing Nascar stuff) :)