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Photographs December 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards
 
The Restaurant ceased being a HoJo's and then was likely converted into another eatery, was vacant for a time, then became the Thai House Restaurant in 1992. Its owners, Prawat and Buranee Bunniran, had operated a Chinese eatery in the local shopping mall before its food court went bust.
 
 
 
 
 

Note the many original fixtures and features still in use as recently as the early 2000s.

Highlights included the lantern lights, cathedral ceiling, copper-look hood, and framed/mirrored back bar!

 
 
 
 
Photograph May 2, 2004
 
 
Photographs March 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards
 
 

 
 
Photograph June 2001

The Motor Lodge ceased being a Howard Johnson during 1992 (about the same time that the Thai House was opened in the former HJ Restaurant).

 
 
Photographs March 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards
 
 
At some point it became Cendant's lower end brand, Super 8. During 2004 it lost its brand status altogether and became known as the Super Inn.
Photographs May 2, 2004
 
 
 
 
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