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.
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.
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!!
Wow. And they used to be everywhere. So many things from my childhood and youth are disappearing. I’m definitely feeling my mortality these days.
Yep, brings back memories of family going out to dinner, and family vacation trips.
The names of closed businesses evoke memories for all of us.
Howard Johnson
Burger Chef
Kinney Shoes
Robert Hall
Ponderosa Steakhouse
A & P supermarkets
In various parts of the country, some defunct department stores come to mind:
Hecht Company
Woodward and Lothrop
The Broadway
Robinson’s
May Co.
Bullocks
Marshall Fields
Remember the old gas stations?
Flying A
Cities Service
Esso
Atlantic
Richfield
Nostalgia is alive and well, even if these places are all closed down.
Great place. Now you have restaurants where the cafe dujour is New Zealand Peaberry.
As a kid we crossed country from NY to GA.
We had Howard Johnson’s until somewhere in the middle of the country then it became Denny’s through CA.
So only one Howard left now or just one in that syzys?
Those that have only had clam strips, you don't know what you are missing.
Whatever happened to Mr. Softee and the Good Humor ice cream trucks??