";s:4:"text";s:7535:"Hi Winnie, I am really surprise to see someone who remembers the Howard Johnson’s in Homestead, FL on US. Quality and homemade taste were important to Johnson, and no doubt contributed to the brand’s steady success. The name is synonymous with a different decade and unfortunately end of an era. I think you should do an article on the Pewter Pot restaurants of New England. I stayed at that HoJo’s in Bangor a couple of months ago, and I was very impressed. Aimee! It was a treat for me which we repeated many times. Loved it! Waitresses for Friday Fish Fry and Sunday breakfast. I discovered Dutchland when I found, on a census record, that my grandma worked at one back in the 1930’s or 1940’s. Say hello to Julie, order a plate of fried clams, and enjoy a fleeting, tendersweet moment of pure American nostalgia. Always enjoyed the work atmosphere and the way the company was run. I always stayed at HOJO’s and enjoyed eating there every time. One of my first jobs was in 1963 behind the soda fountain at the HoJo’s on Route 3A in Scituate, MA. Miss those fried clams! I had a lot of fun researching HoJo’s history for this story, and was proud to visit New England’s last restaurant. Carmel fudge, butter pecan, peach…oh boy! So we normally got our clams there, or sometimes at Kelly’s Roast Beef on Revere Beach, who also did a fab lobster roll, which I would order with a small box of clams on the side. And for exactly the same reasons! Wish I had the count of how many times we ate at Howard Johnson’s. It is a shame we see less of these establishments, whether it be the public's changing tastes, a new landscape of culinary establishments, or whatever reason for "progress," these icons of another age seem to be on a crash collision course with extinction. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I only know this because I just finished a book about Pepin’s life. In the summer of 2015, however, the last Howard Johnson’s restaurant in New England, and one of just two left in the country, was operating on borrowed time in Bangor, Maine. We didn’t have a lot of extra money but knew we’d get a nice meal at reasonable price at HoJo’s. My father drilled into my head the mantra, “If you can’t afford to tip you can’t afford to eat out.” My mother’s maternal aunt, Jane Frances Moriarty, was the mother of Eugene Durgin, who was general counsel to Hojo’s for many years, so we always felt a little proprietary about the company! I never saw my dad again as he died in 1994. I’m glad you remember too! I stayed there with my mom after our car broke down on the evening of December 8, 1980. Their pistachio ice cream was my favorite and still the best of that flavor I’ve ever had. The peas were delightful; bright, green balls of flavor, mixing nicely with the potatoes and gravy. My first memory is of eating at the restaurant in Milford, I believe. Jacq Pippin worked for HJ in both the HOJO and Red Coach divisions! I was considered a traitor to my country in both locations–no clams, no lobster, no oysters, and (most of all everywhere I’ve lived) no shrimp. Creamy, cold and never duplicated! Much to the Head Waitress dismay. My grandmother lived across from the Howard Johnsons in Lenox MA. Hi, Phyllis–Perhaps you know that Howard Johnson’s home town was Milton. I feel a kinship with all the lovers of HJ, we have a nostalgic love for the food and those days. Then, in the early 1950s, they discovered that by using the Atlantic Sea Clam (also known as the hen clam), they could cut the large muscle into strips and discard the bellies. Kosti Ruohomaa’s Maine | Classic Photos of Rural Maine in the ’40s and ’50s, The Great Molasses Flood | Footnote to History, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/opinion/howard-johnsons-adieu.html?_r=0, Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate New England Winter Guide, Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate New England Summer Guide, 63 Reasons Why We Love the Cape & Islands, Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Autumn in New England, 12 Favorite New England Comfort Food Recipes. She consented. Those were the courting days back in the 50’s when you were accompanied by an”elder”. It’s so nice to read an article that’s been throughly researched and edited for accuracy. I loved their Simple Simon & the Pieman sign. Thanks for the memories (and great milk shakes) Howard Johnson’s. She was a weekly customer & they always greeted her by name. Thanks! She was searching for it on our travels down Rt 1, and couldn’t find it. One of the more popular items was the Big or Little Apple a large (even the little one) fritter type of delight. This brought back some good memories of that time. for a frappe (coffee being my favorite!!) Thanks, Mike! They were very popular, and I can attest to the fact that they were very good. The food we served was the best. Expand your Outlook. and then changed hands several times until it was torn down just last year to make way for a CVS. Not many left at all. Co-incidently when we built a house over the border from MA in VT while a teen, I applied for a job in the Bennington, VT HoJo’s & was hired on the spot! I have such special memories of going there for chicken croquettes (my favorite) and a coffee frappe while watching my brother behind the grill. I loved HoJo’s, we always went to the one in Needham, MA. Sad to see this part our our Boomer history disappear. We always ordered their clam rolls!. I am a Hojo’s girl!! And that Route 84 exit between Hartford and New York would have been my hometown for many years, Southington! Some dogs, particularly overweight ones, can develop multiple lumps of this kind but these are still not life-threatening. I remember that the restaurant part where you could sit and eat was on the left side of the soda fountain. I don’t know how to this day I managed but I did it. My 1st “memories” of H J restaurants, was as a kid, driving by them family vacations, across the MA turnpike (in the 50’s) and anywhere else we could find them across the country. It was a great family place, we all worked there ( not my mom), I can still recite the breakfast menu. After serving her, we got to talking and had a great time. At one time, New England-born Howard Johnson’s was the largest restaurant chain in the country, with more than 1,000 locations. We were blessed to be Hojo brats……meaning good sweet kids but whatever we ever wanted we had relating to food ! Home › Forums › Lunch & Dinner Forums › Hot Dogs, Sausages & Bratwursts › LUM’S Beer steamed › RE: LUM’S Beer steamed. When in Maine, the Bangor Howard Johnson’s was are go to restaurant! Welcome to the Bangor Howard Johnson’s restaurant! My father retired as purchasing manager for Howard Johnson. English muffins with orange marmalade and an OJ. quote: Originally posted by wheregreggeats.com I think the bottom line is there is one still open in southern Florida. My mother came from Sommerset to train the waitresses and soooo. As a child often traveled from Attleboro Ma. But now they are all history. My quality of life continues to descend. Our family also made Ho-Jo’s a “go to” place to eat out, and I remember how much Dad loved clams (with our without the bellies!) Thanks for the update, David. I can still remember mentally calculating the 15% tip – I’m sure that was one of the many things I was exposed to at Hojo’s, instructions from my parents about how to treat wait staff, how to order and how to leave a tip. ";s:7:"keyword";s:24:"lums hot dogs still open";s:5:"links";s:1334:"Kof All Star,
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