After
1993 the Motor Lodge became the South Bay Hotel, and was eventually
converted into a Holiday Inn Express.
The
Restaurant became a Bickford's Family Restaurant. Little changed,
it was very like being in a HoJo's. However a shift in management
during the early 2000s caused Bickford's to largely abandon
its tried-and-true format converting its concept into Bickfords
Grill. In
the process, menu prices were dramatically increased alienating
core patrons. Meanwhile as customers avoided the "new"
Bickford's, dozens of its restaurants were closed as sales
dwindled.
Bickford's may go the way of HoJo's... |