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MyOwnPeace

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22. For me......

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:54 PM

Jun 2022

It was always the veal cutlet - our ‘treat’ every Sunday after church……..

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The Last Howard Johnson's Restaurant In America Is Officially Closed [View all] packman Jun 2022 OP

It was trying to rebrand as "HoJo's" that made them look too desperate. Bucky Jun 2022 #1

Last one below a strip club. So. Really was a HO Jo's Captain Zero Jun 2022 #2

Good Memories Throck Jun 2022 #3

The founder must be rolling in his grave! Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2022 #4

Whenever we would visit my grandparents in Oklahoma City, Aristus Jun 2022 #5

The Howard Johnson hotel line still exists Wednesdays Jun 2022 #12

I hate when pieces of history disappear FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #6

We did too... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #28

I remember Sambo's FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #37

My mother used to date Howard Johnson, back in the '30s. Tracer Jun 2022 #7

wow! A connection to a real bit of American social history! renate Jun 2022 #32

That's just a few miles north of me and I didn't know nuxvomica Jun 2022 #8

Guess that means the one oswaldactedalone Jun 2022 #9

And Pan Am as his choice for getting there. Xavier Breath Jun 2022 #24

My grandfather ran the Red coach chain for HJ. thatdemguy Jun 2022 #10

We used to eat at RC in miami XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #11

Jacques Pepin is probably mourning, rsdsharp Jun 2022 #13

Ah, good reference packman Jun 2022 #17

So many family road trips in the station wagon in the '60s and early '70s crickets Jun 2022 #14

Denny's seems to have replaced them LeftInTX Jun 2022 #31

Better than McDs but not the same vibe at all. crickets Jun 2022 #33

I would drive between WI and TX in the early 80's (by myself) LeftInTX Jun 2022 #35

Nothing wrong with Denny's. crickets Jun 2022 #36

There's a Howard Johnson's, Ethel EYESORE 9001 Jun 2022 #15

OH GAWD, Frank Zappa - Billy - Bong memories packman Jun 2022 #19

I used to ride my bike to the one in Quincy. lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #16

Wah! Me. Jun 2022 #18

ah man...a big part of my childhood... bahboo Jun 2022 #20

I loved their fried clams when I was a kid! bif Jun 2022 #21

Same. 😊 n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2022 #27

For me...... MyOwnPeace Jun 2022 #22

There are so many HoJo wannabe's out there, it really isn't the end FakeNoose Jun 2022 #23

My parents have always avoided franchise restaurants. They still do. hunter Jun 2022 #25

One of my favorite childhood memories was the time my parents rsdsharp Jun 2022 #26

Many of my favorite childhood memories are from times my parents had to improvise... hunter Jun 2022 #38

We stopped once..."Divinity"..LOL LeftInTX Jun 2022 #30

That's looks so sad. crickets Jun 2022 #34

Just like Farrells Ice Cream Parlour. Xolodno Jun 2022 #29