Posted on 08/23/2016 7:32:32 PM PDT by RightGeek
BANGOR, Maine — The closing of one of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants in a couple of weeks will mark the end of its fried clam strips, ice cream and other menu staples that nourished baby boomers and leave the once-proud restaurant chain teetering on the brink of extinction.
The slice of roadside Americana will no longer be served up in Bangor after Sept. 6.
For waitress Kathe Jewett, it's the only job she's held since starting work when the restaurant opened in 1966.
"It's bittersweet, but it's nothing to be sad about," the 68-year-old Jewett insisted Tuesday during a break from serving customers. "I've been here for 50 years — and it's time."
The closing will leave only one Howard Johnson restaurant, in Lake George, New York.
[More nostalgia and pictures at the link]
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I remember that, instead of Coke or Pepsi, they had “HOJO” cola.
Let's all show up there!
For waitress Kathe Jewett, it’s the only job she’s held since starting work when the restaurant opened in 1966.
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That’s a special woman with some stories to tell.
I didn’t know there were any left.
Their grilled frank on a toasted roll was THE BEST.
HoJos was an important part of my youth.
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They haven’t been around these parts in SoCal for about 25 yrs or so. I’ve never missed them for a second.
I’ve been to them both. Sad to see Bangor close.
Neither is special, except that they are part of Americana. I remember my mother liked them in the 1960s when we traveled.
Howard Johnson’s frankfurters with those wonderful toasted New England style buns and fried clams.
Do they still carry those cherry popin banana splits there?
What a sad moment,....
Wait, don't tell me they closed the Rock Ridge location?!?
no mo HoJo... just damn.
They go the way of Stuckeys. But White Castle lives on!
Such a treat on Sundays after church or when on the road going to my great aunt’s farm in the summer. Great pancakes and charbroiled hamburgers. End of an era.
I don’t know. Haven’t been to Howard Johnson in decades.
Not many out west where I grew up but I spent some time in Ohio and the Friday night all you can eat fish and chips wasn’t bad. Good milkshakes, too.
Bad management. Donbald could buy this, but he is busy saving the country!!
Grilled dogs, buns buttered and
toasted on the grill. Was about the only place to get mint chocolate chip ice cream for many years, and clam strips of course.
See my post #5
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