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Article: Howard Johnson's Restaurants Closing
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- May 15, 2005
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CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-15-2005
Dateline: BANGOR, Maine
Jesse Leibman of Montpelier, Vt., takes a souvenir photo of the last Howard Johnson's restaurant in Vermont, in Springfield, Vt., Friday, May 13, 2005. He and his family visited the soon-to-be closed restaurant that will close for good on Sunday. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
The orange roof is long gone and the Simple Simon plaque is history. The famous 28 flavors of ice cream have dwindled to 16 varieties. But at least the Howard Johnson name sits atop the building, which is a lot more than hundreds of one-time Howard Johnson's eateries can say. The venerable chain once had more than 800 restaurants from coast ...