Anyone here remember Happy Chef?
There's still one in Mankato, Minnesota. It's got the giant chef statue outside that's been there for almost 40 years. You pushed a button at the base and the chef would 'talk' to you. Creeped me out as a kid.
Someday, I'll have to stop there and see if the button still works. My eight-year-old might get a kick out of it.
I loved Howard Johnson's familiar orange roofs and ice cream. It's sad to them going away.
Thanks for posting this thread. It's nice to take a walk down memory lane.
Remember "Sandy's?" 10 burgers for a buck??? I remember the one in Denton Texas back during my days at NTSU.
http://www.geocities.com/sandyshamburgers/
Someone built a new home here on the Lake of the Ozarks a few years ago with an orange metal roof. Its become a fishing landmark because it resembles HoJo's...