Last Howard Johnson's in Lake George, New York closes its doors for final time, ending 100 years of

[Elderberry]

Daily Mail 6/2/2022

Last Howard Johnson's in Lake George, New York closes its doors for final time, ending 100 years of history for America's first franchise restaurant


The locations were gutted and sold to other businesses, and more and more Howard Johnsons' began to close down
throughout the decades until only the Lake George location was left by 2016.
Pictured: Howard Johnson's in Fort Lee, NJ, pictured in the 1940s.

More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-10876315/The-Howard-Johnsons-America-closes-doors.html


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[Kamaji]

I remember those back in the day.  It's a shame they're gone, now.

[SZonian]

Stayed at one enroute to my first duty assignment...1983.

[Gefn]

I’ll always remember the fried clams. Loved those as a kid.

[sneakypete]

People just can't afford to eat out often anymore because the price is so high,due to restaurants having to pay an insane amount of money for waiters and waitresses.

When fast food joints like Hardees are having to pay new employees 14 bucks an hour to get them to come to work,just imagine what more upscale restaurants with more varied menu's have to pay.

Especially since the meal is so high now you KNOW it cuts into the tips.

[mountaineer]

Our family rarely ate in restaurants when I was young, but when we traveled, we stayed at their "motor lodges" and ate at the restaurant. I always looked forward to having ice cream (28 flavors!!!).

[andy58-in-nh]

As a kid in the mid-1960's, road trips with the family often meant a lunch or dinner stop at Howard Johnson's and a big plate of fried clams. Yum.