Did the Southfield New Orleans Mall on 10 Mile used to be a Howard Johnson's?

[Cincinnati_Kid]

So are they're any HoJo's left in operation? I remember a few years back I saw one on the East Coast, may have been New Jersey or Massachusetts was the last one standing.

[13606Cedargrove]

I believe the one in Rock Ridge is still in operation.

[Henry Whalley]

Bingo!

http://www.highwayhost.org/Michigan/.../downtown1.htm

Thanks, that's one I used to frequent. Many Howard Johnson restaurants had the MMC design motif, which would be valued today if they hadn't been destroyed.

[WKL]

There is still one Bangor ME.

[eastland]

I remember a number of elementary school birthday parties at the local Howard Johnson located on Mack Ave near Vernier in Grosse Pointe Woods. Roughly where the Kroger currently stands today.

http://www.gpwmi.us/photos/howardJ.html

Had my First Communion breakfast there.

[Onthe405]

There is still one Bangor ME.

Bangor closed in 2016. The last remaining restaurant is in Lake George, NY. Within the past few years, I saw it featured in one of the PBS travelogues:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/...oward-johnsons

Most of the online reviews rate it mediocre and "not as good as I remember". Not unusual when dabbling in nostalgia. In reality, we've probably changed more than the source of nostalgia itself, but have difficulty admitting it.