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Down Memory Lane: Mini-Spotlight on Former Burlington, Vermont
HoJo's Restaurant
Photos and Facts Courtesy Pete Chagnon
(Burlington, VT)
By Pete Chagnon
I worked at a HoJo's In Burlington, Vt in 1967, just before I went into the navy. It was owned by the Grace family, who were very nice people. This weekend (May, 2007), I stopped by the location on Shelburne Rd, ( store 308, I believe) and took these pictures. The building was sold to a Vietnamese partnership. One partner shot the other one and that guy's wife to death on premises.
It has been abandoned since ( 1997 or so). It is up for sale or lease, however, as you can see, it will need extensive repair. I have many fond memories, not only of working there but hanging out there while in high school. I was pretty sweet on one of the girls who worked the counter. At the time you could get a cup of coffee for a dime with free refills. I spent many a evening there, drinking a whole pot of coffee hoping the girl would go out with me. She never did.
I went in the navy and lost track of her. That was 40 years ago.
Burlington, Vermont, where once there was a gleaming orange roof, a beacon for hungry travelers, now sits a dilapidated, green-roofed building awaiting its ultimate fate.
Photo: Pete Chagnon
Rear of the former HoJo's in Burlington, Vermont. Imagine the giant HoJo trucks unloading all kinds of goodies to this once-thriving oranged-roofed restaurant!
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