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Howard Johnson's restaurant to close, leaving only 1 more (Maine)
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| 8/23/2016
| David Sharp
Posted on 08/23/2016 7:32:32 PM PDT by RightGeek
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To: CreviceTool
Fried clam strips were the ONLY reason I went to HoJo’s. Especially when they had all-u-can-eat specials. Yum.
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:58:53 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: Charles Martel
My grandparents thought George Webb was fine dining. Went there for their anniversary just about every year.
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posted on
08/24/2016 5:34:42 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Are there any 5 and dime stores of any kind left? I doubt it.Of the old "five and dimes", no, they've been replaced by "dollar stores". Thank you Federal Reserve...
the infowarrior
To: CtBigPat
I met their road manager. On of the band members is Meghan Trainor’s uncle. Their guitar player taught her to play one when she was 15.
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posted on
08/24/2016 5:46:42 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: SamAdams76
Wrong animal, Sam. Belly clams are longnecks, soft shelled clams. Strip clams are the adductor muscles of hard shelled surf clams, aka ashtray clams.
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posted on
08/24/2016 5:51:18 AM PDT
by
metesky
(My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
To: JBW1949
To: Dilbert San Diego
Mr. Softee is alive and well in the NYC/Long Island area. Haven’t seen a Good Humor truck in many years.
Regards,
To: RightGeek
The hotels are still around and run by the Wyndham chain. According to wiki the hotels and restaurants were franchised separately starting in 1986. During the 60s and 70s it was the largest restaurant chain in the US. That was during the big rise in McDonalds so at some point the golden arches eclipsed HoJos.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:05:15 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: RightGeek
I worked the midnight to breakfast shift at the San Diego interstate 8 location. This was 40 years ago. It was amazing how many orders we had going on that flattop grill at once.
And I’ve never ordered scrambled eggs since as that is where the ones you screwed up went.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:06:56 AM PDT
by
Comment Not Approved
(When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
To: RightGeek
As a kid I regularly went to the world's largest HoJo Restaurant in Queens NY
A couple of years ago I stopped at the one in Lake George.
Biggest and last, my claim to fame...LOL!
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:38:01 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
To: rlmorel
How I miss them.
You know, it isnt that they were that great, but...they were oh-so-American. Nice post, thanks.
The 1940's, 50's and 60's were a time of mostly two lane roads when most roadside places were mom and pop cabins or motels, cafes, diners and restaurants.
Some were fine places to eat and sleep, others not so nice.
Howard Johnsons was sort of like the McDonald's of the motel/hotel and restaurant industry back then.
They were places that offered travellers some uniformity and consistency in quality, cleanliness and service. When you saw the distinctive orange roof and rooftop spire you knew what to expect.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:51:46 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: Iron Munro
Exactly! I was thinking the same thing...you knew what to expect.
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:02:34 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Chode
I agree. It made me feel nostalgia when I saw that. Sometimes with our country, I wonder if it is like being married to someone with Alheimers...just watching them slip away...
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:04:23 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Patriot Babe
We got a brand new farrells about a mile or so from the house its way to noisy and chaotic for my tastes but hey im not a youngin anymore
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:35:15 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: mountn man
Thanks for the link.
Good to know they’re still around.
I’ll have to look them up and try them out, see if they’re still up to snuff.
They disappeared from my neck of the woods long ago.
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:44:00 AM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
To: RightGeek
My family moved to Florida when I was 12 years old. Our first morning there, we went to breakfast at the local Howard Johnson’s. For some reason, I had a hankering for spaghetti. And even though it wasn’t on the breakfast menu, darned if they didn’t make me a batch anyway.
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:44:38 AM PDT
by
bus man
(Loose Lips Sink Ships)
To: rlmorel
I will always remember the back of the station wagon...no seat belts, the seats folded down flat...all of us in the back in our pajamas with blankets. The street lights above the road flashing by as I looked up...the glare of headlights of oncoming cars filling the inside of the car with fleeting light. I would awake, everyone asleep, I would look ahead and see my father driving through the night, like a machine, driving, the car droning...droning on through the endless and wonderful night of my childhood. I felt so content and safe in that car.
My monitor is getting blurry . . .
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:46:55 AM PDT
by
bus man
(Loose Lips Sink Ships)
To: Political Junkie Too
I was a kid back in those days too.
The commercials sold me on them (as every other kid)
I can only remember having it once.
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:53:07 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: RightGeek
This exercise in nostalgia reminds me how old I'm getting. I hadn't even noticed how many of those things were gone.
To: Corpus_Delicious
When the Tri State expressway was built in Illionois, all the overhead oasis were Howard Johnsons
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:57:57 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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