Do you remember seeing the famous orange roof in every city across the country on your family vacation? They're mostly all gone now.  The "second to last" Howard Johnson restaurant in Bangor, ME is set to close in September.  That leaves just one HoJo in America.

The final Howard Johnson's Restaurant is still in operation in Lake George, NY.  It was first opened in 1954 and still does a thriving business in this upstate resort town.

Howard Johnson opened in the late 1920's, and by 1935 there were 25 ice cream and sandwich stands in Massachusetts.  The hotel chain of the same name still has many locations around the country.

Here's a classic TV commercial:

What other old chains do you miss?

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