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Highlighting what became of various HoJo's Restaurants
HoJo Ghost:
Medford, Long Island
Exit 64 off the "L.I.E."
(LIE=Long Island Expressway)
Restaurant now "IHOP"
Photo courtesy of:
Steven LJ Russo
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Hyde Park, New York (Route 9)
Originally part of the Roosevelt Estate.
(FDR Mansion across the street)
Became an HJ Ice Cream Shop in the mid-1940's.
Restaurant now:
"Hyde Park Brewing Company"
Photo courtesy of:
Steven LJ Russo
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Groton, CT (Route 1)
Restaurant now a
"Ground Round"
Photo courtesy of:
Charles Hampshire
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Saugerties, NY
(Home of 1994
Woodstock Festival)
Future use unknown.
Photo courtesy of:
Chip Chapin
(Used with Permission).
HoJo Ghost:
Concord, NH
Restaurant now demolished.
Photo courtesy of:
Lawrence A. Cultrera
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Restaurant now an unnamed restaurant in hotel
Photo courtesy of:
Charles Hampshire
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Bourne, Massachusetts
Restaurant now "Jade Buffet"
Photo courtesy of:
Lawrence A. Cultrera
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Restaurant is empty.
Photo courtesy of :
Jack Sheppard
(Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Guilford, Connecticut (Rt.1)
Restaurant now a Japanese Steak House
(was "SeaBreeze" Seafood Restaurant when pic was taken in mid-2001)
Photo by: HoJoLand.com
HoJo Ghost:
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Restaurant now "Jade Buffet"
Photo courtesy of:
Jack Sheppard
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Rt. 13 (between Wilmington and Dover) Delaware
Restaurant now "Hearth Restaurant"
Photo courtesy of:
Jack Sheppard
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Reading, Pennysylvania (Exit 21)
Restaurant now "Black Horse Restaurant/Bar"
Photo courtesy of:
Jack Sheppard
(Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Wallingford, CT (Rt. 5)
Open in 1939 as a HoJo's.
Later became "Scotch & Sirloin Restaurant," a transmission shop, "China Inn Restaurant," and "FlowerLand Gifts."
Now "Unique Fitness for Women"
Photos by :
HoJoLand.com
HoJo Ghost:
Orlando, Florida (Orange Avenue)
Restaurant is now Republic Bank.
Photos courtesy of :
Bob Cara.
(Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Cleveland, OH (off I-90)
Restaurant and hotel are abandoned.
Photo courtesy of :
Charles Hampshire.
(Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Elmsford, NY (Rt. 119)
Tarrytown Road.
Restaurant is now offices and a daycare center for an assisted living center.
Photo courtesy of :
Charles Hampshire.
(Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost:
Dover, Delaware
Restaurant is now "Hooters"
HoJo Ghost:
Derby, CT (on Rt. 34,off of Route 8)
Restaurant is now "TailGators" Bar.
Photo courtesy of :
Charles Hampshire.
(Used With Permission)
The final resting place of founder
Howard Deering Johnson
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