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Nov 11, 2021 · Great food coupled with expanded amenities—Johnson opened his first restaurant and lodge in 1953 in Savannah, Georgia—led to HoJo’s becoming one of the strongest brands of the mid-20th ...
Jun 13, 2022 · Marriott Corp. bought Howard Johnson's from a British conglomerate and restaurants were closing all over. The Twelve Corners Ho Jo's later became a Princess Restaurant and now is home to...
Lodging: concepts, prototypes, and designs. Concept '85. Huntsville. -8721 Hwy 20. Said to be ideally suited for suburban sites near airports and highways and close to hospitals, office and industrial parks, Concept '85 was introduced to employees in March of 1985. Arthur Barrett predicted that "This product will be the Howard Johnson lodge of ...
Jan 25, 2023 · According to Eater, the Howard Johnson's story started in 1925 with a man named – yes! Howard Johnson. He made the momentous decision to double the amount of butterfat in the ice cream sold at his Quincy, Massachusetts soda fountain. Within a few years, he had 28 flavors of the stuff and was operating a small chain of ice cream stands, so he ...
Aug 3, 2022 · In the 1970s, it featured a Howard Johnson’s Coffee Shop and Ebenezer’s restaurant and bar. It was rebranded as a Comfort Inn in the 1990s and purchased by RAM Hospitality in 2006, when it...
Sep 28, 2016 · Howard Johnson pioneered several key concepts in the American way of dining out: roadside locations, a family-friendly ambience, franchising, predictability and serving comfort food long before...
Jul 23, 2018 · Howard Johnson’s was a pioneer of the nationwide roadside restaurant, replicating from coast-to-coast everything from its signature orange roof, cupola, the Simple Simon and the Pieman...
