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H. H. Gregg, Inc. Went bankrupt and closed in 2017; relaunched as an online retailer in 2017 and opened its first brick and mortar store in 2019 following bankruptcy. HiFi Buys; Highland Superstores – liquidated in 1993 [91] [92] [93] Incredible Universe – closed in 1997; six stores acquired by Fry's Electronics and the rest shut down
In 1968, Brigham's acquired Buttrick's, a small chain of colonial-style restaurants based in Arlington, Massachusetts. [citation needed] This location became the Brigham's new home office until its sale to HP Hood, at which time this location was closed. At its height, Brigham's had 100 restaurants in the New England area.
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]
Athanas died in 2005; [1] [7] the restaurant closed in 2013. [2] [5] A condominium tower was erected on the site of the parking lot, [5] and in 2016–17, the restaurant building was demolished, and the remains of the Stuyvesant were dredged up for scrap in early 2017. [3] A multi-use complex on the site, including offices and condominiums ...
Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]
Friendly's abruptly closed most of their locations in upstate New York on April 7, 2019. [18] Several locations in New England were also among the closures. [19] Co-founder Curtis Blake died on May 24, 2019, at the age of 102. [20] On August 19, 2019, Friendly's closed its North Providence location, its last in Rhode Island. [3]
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In a 1965 interview with the Boston Globe Richard Valle showed off a $50,000 automatic dishwashing machine located in the kitchen of the chain's new $1.5 million Braintree, Massachusetts, restaurant. Valle also pointed out the row of broilers and the large, in-house bakery that allowed the Braintree location to serve 5,000 customers a day.