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Default one of the last three Howard Johnson's closes

On 4/26/2015 1:54 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:16:18 -0600, "W. Lohman" > wrote:
>
>> On 4/25/2015 10:31 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 20:25:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> The Radio Shack of restaurants is circling
>>>>> the drain.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...g-hojos-closes
>>>>
>>>> I just saw one yesterday out towards Tacoma! I can't say for sure what city
>>>> we were in at the time when we drove past it but it was out that way/ I was
>>>> astounded as I thought they all had closed.
>>>
>>> Maybe it would still be around if they didn't start calling themselves
>>> "Hojo".
>>>

>> Gonna miss those fried clam strips and ice cream - what a pairing!

>
> I loved those fried clam strips too.
>

That's a decades old memory from trips back southeast, but it sure held.

Their sundaes were a fave too.