HoJo’s end and boomer nostalgia

"There's many a king on a gilded throne But there's only one king on an ice-cream cone. So we crown him today with friendly acclaim, All over the country we'll blazen his name. With hot dogs barking in approbation, He's the man who believes he can feed the nation."                                       — Howard Johnson's, 1940 Like many like-minded entrepreneurs, his dream was built on a simple idea with blazing clarity: "I figured that America really preferred good food nicely served,

"There's many a king on a gilded throne But there's only one king on an ice-cream cone. So we crown him today with friendly acclaim, All over the country we'll blazen his name. With hot dogs barking in approbation, He's the man who believes he can feed the nation."                                       — Howard Johnson's, 1940 Like many like-minded entrepreneurs, his dream was built on a simple idea with blazing clarity: "I figured that America really preferred good food nicely served," and if…