The sight of those tendersweet fried clams made my mouth water. I remember how good they tasted back then. I must have stopped at one HoJo's on every one of my road trips. Great meals, ice cream, candy bars, and even stuffed animals.
I was there around this time. It wasn't really a Howard Johnson's anymore, it just had the signage. Inside it was basically a Greek diner, not very good. I asked where the Tend-R-Sweet Fried Clams and the hotdog on toast were, and the old waitress had no idea what I was talking about. I told her she was plenty old enough to remember the glory days, and she snarled back that her family was poor had been poor and never ate out. I said I didn't mean THAT long ago, I meant the 50s and 60s...
This is the Howard Johnson's restaurant that SHOULD HAVE been saved, as it was still very original looking and well maintained into the early 2000's. RIP
OMG!. I use to own a Howard Johnsons in the early 90's in margate florida near US1 highway. ahh...top of the line denny's was our main competitor...and ihop..get lost!....wow...the good days pullin 100k a month...after that my life has gone downhill. It now sits abandoned for many years and im the owner of the son...and im trying to go down there and just take a look of whats left...i need your guys support!
Hey, pass me them clams! I stayed at the adjoining HJ Motor Lodge in the mid-2000's which was still pretty authentic and had it's signature Orange roof. Sadly the restaurant, thought it looked as if it could open tomorrow, was vacant. The adjacent motor lodge was later torn down.
The sight of those tendersweet fried clams made my mouth water. I remember how good they tasted back then. I must have stopped at one HoJo's on every one of my road trips. Great meals, ice cream, candy bars, and even stuffed animals.
Thanks for posting this, it was quite interesting.
I was there around this time. It wasn't really a Howard Johnson's anymore, it just had the signage. Inside it was basically a Greek diner, not very good. I asked where the Tend-R-Sweet Fried Clams and the hotdog on toast were, and the old waitress had no idea what I was talking about. I told her she was plenty old enough to remember the glory days, and she snarled back that her family was poor had been poor and never ate out. I said I didn't mean THAT long ago, I meant the 50s and 60s...
This is the Howard Johnson's restaurant that SHOULD HAVE been saved, as it was still very original looking and well maintained into the early 2000's. RIP
I remember it well.
OMG!. I use to own a Howard Johnsons in the early 90's in margate florida near US1 highway. ahh...top of the line denny's was our main competitor...and ihop..get lost!....wow...the good days pullin 100k a month...after that my life has gone downhill. It now sits abandoned for many years and im the owner of the son...and im trying to go down there and just take a look of whats left...i need your guys support!
Hey, pass me them clams! I stayed at the adjoining HJ Motor Lodge in the mid-2000's which was still pretty authentic and had it's signature Orange roof. Sadly the restaurant, thought it looked as if it could open tomorrow, was vacant. The adjacent motor lodge was later torn down.
Yep now a Whole Foods market.
ha ha i love how people put signs in the windows now. but i hated the restaurant. they put a screw in my pancakes.
its overgrown now, plus out of buisness