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Howard Johnson's – a restaurant chain that featured an iconic orange rooftop, reasonably priced, consistent-quality menu items; founded in 1929 by Howard Deering Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts; at its cultural peak, it served more meals outside of the family home than any entity except for the US Army; in 1979 it had 1,040 locations, but ...
Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with more than 1,000 combined company-owned and franchised outlets. [2] Today, the chain is defunct—after dwindling down to one location, the last Howard Johnson's restaurant (in Lake George, New York) closed in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
On April 19, Tijuana Flats, a chain of fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurants, announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed 11 restaurants. Flatheads, LLC. is now acquiring the restaurant ...
Here are the 10 notable restaurant chains that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2024: Roti Mediterranean fast-casual chain Roti filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 23.
The brand had 150 stores at its peak, predominantly on the West Coast. Anchor Blue declared bankruptcy in 2009 and shuttered more than 50 stores, and gradually shrank to include stores solely in California. It went bankrupt once more in 2011, with the remaining stores closed before Easter of that year. [48]
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the restaurant industry. By mid-April of 2020, an estimated 30,000 American restaurants had closed for good and more than 110,000 were expected to shutter by...
But as with other chains, Steak & Ale couldn't keep up with the nation's changing tastes, and the brand's parent company — which also owned Bennigan's — went bankrupt in 2008, abruptly closing ...
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