Howard Johnson's restaurants all but disappeared by 1990, eaten up by the competition. But LaRock spent more than $200,000 to re-open the last free-standing Hojo's, a location that dates back some ...

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 ...

Once a staple of roadside dining, the last HoJo's closed its doors in 2017. ... and its limited-menu food items. Howard Johnson's presaged the success of McDonald's doing the same thing.

It was mostly known for its courteous servers as well as 28 flavors of ice cream and menu items such as clam ... Massachusetts. By 1935, there were 25 Howard Johnson's roadside sandwich and ice ...

Howard D. Johnson parlayed a soda fountain opened south of Boston in 1925 into a roadside empire. By the time the first hotel came in 1954, restaurants with the franchise pioneer's name were ...

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 ...

Howard D. Johnson parlayed a soda fountain opened south of Boston in 1925 into a roadside empire. By the time the first hotel came in 1954, restaurants with the franchise pioneer's name were ...

With a limited menu, bright but inexpensive interiors, unskilled labor and the food prepared by machines, McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and the like undercut Howard Johnson in price, and ...