There will only be one Howard Johnson restaurant remaining in the US when this establishment in Bangor, Maine closes on September 6.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...0e9_story.html






End of an era and a chain I recall well from my childhood. Not to mention that future generations will not get this joke from the film Blazing Saddles:




Many will also not understand the reference to Walter Johnson or even Samuel Johnson either, but that's a separate issue. Hruumph!