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  2. Howard Johnson's - Wikipedia

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    A defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant in Afton Mountain, painted in 1970s "environmental" color scheme, 2003. A defunct and since demolished Howard Johnson's restaurant in Bay City, Michigan, 2011. In spring 2012, one of the last three original Howard Johnson's restaurants closed, in Lake George, and was listed for sale. [50]

  3. Ground Round - Wikipedia

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    Ground Round Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain that was founded in 1969 in Massachusetts [1] by Howard Johnson's. [2] Originally intended as a secondary concept to upgrade poorly performing units of Howard Johnson's, it also operated on a standalone basis and became a major growth focus for Howard Johnson after the 1973 oil crisis hurt its other concepts.

  4. List of defunct restaurants of the United States - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Beloved Restaurant Chain Ground Round to Return From the Dead

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    In 1969, Howard Johnson's opened up a bar and grill called the Ground Round in Massachusetts. It became hugely popular, and at its height, had over 200 locations.

  6. Nostalgic Restaurants We Once Loved but Now Seem to Have ...

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    1. Howard Johnson’s. In the 1960s, you’d be hard pressed to find one of the 1,000-plus Howard Johnson restaurant parking lot that wasn’t full at lunchtime.Now, there’s only one left ...

  7. 24 Discontinued '70s and '80s Foods That We'll Never Stop Craving

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    Radical Eats. Snack foods, insta-meals, cereals, and drinks tend to come and go, but the ones we remember from childhood seem to stick with us. Children of the 1970s and 1980s had a veritable ...

  8. List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Comebacks we'd like to see: #21 -- Howard Johnson's - AOL

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    This post is part of our series ranking the top 25 bygone products and trends we'd like to see return. If I had a time machine, the first place I'd go would be back into the 1970s, to visit a ...