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Photograph June 24, 2006
 
Unique Design
Probably one of the most unusual of all Howard Johnson's Restaurant locations, the Miami Beach unit was unique in several ways. A separate but integrated building, the Restaurant was one of only two known that had White Porcelain Enamel Roof Tiles rather than Orange (Nassau was the other--Deerfield Beach also had white tiles, but was a Mansard in the main buildingthat began as orange). Moreover it was one of only a few that were built in the "open-ended" cathedral ceiling style (see Clearwater, Lake City, South Glens Falls, and the Massachusetts Turnpike).
 
 
 
 
Ektachromes: Courtesy of S. V. Voutsinas
 
Room Service
HoJo to Go was a concept introduced in 1977.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Delight in our beautiful dining facilities offering famous Howard Johnson's cuisine.

Introduced in the 1970s, HoJo's Restaurants featured latticed "octagonal" salad bars.

Note the 1960s overflow dining area below. It was set back from the main part of the Restaurant on the left side, and it never featured a cathedral ceiling.
 
 
Brochure circa 1960s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue
 
 
 
 

Right: Passageway from the lobby into the Restaurant.

Below: After having been a Howard Johnson's, the Restaurant served as an International House of Pancakes and had been trimmed in IHOP blue. Originally the HJ Dairy Bar had been on the right side of the Restaurant, but by June of 2006, the location had been gutted in preparation for its transformation into The Talmudic University of Florida.
Photographs June 23, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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