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2003: Courtesy of Mark Ihrie |
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December 26, 2003: Courtesy of Dave Deblasio |
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November 2000 |
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Lest
patrons were confused by the Restaurant's peculiar design, a traditional
Simple Simon and the Pieman greeted weary beach goers and tourists
alike from its spot on the mirror behind the Dairy Bar above the
kitchen's pass through. Moreover, the mirror panels announced
HoJo's famous ice cream flavors as well as the other food items
that had helped to make Howard Johnson's a household name across
the land! |
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| Back
in 2000 with
slim hopes of seeing Asbury's HoJo's, I convinced my Dad to
detour to it in a mad dash up the East Coast from Dinwiddie,
Virginia on our way to visit family north of Philadelphia. By
the time we arrived in Asbury Park, it was late and the place
looked like a ghost town. Not knowing exactly where the Howard
Johnson's was or even what it looked like caused a few anxious
moments. But there should have been no concern! |
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| On the very night we arrived,
a Grateful Dead concert was scheduled in the concert hall adjacent
to the HJ. Much to my luck, seems that the owner of the old
Howard Johnson's long ago discovered that he could open his
restaurant whenever a concert was eminent and capture the crowd.
Deadheads were packed into the place, and gradually filtered
out once they realized that the concert had begun. |
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The
Asbury Park HoJo's on the boardwalk by the sea closed forever
on June 4, 2006...
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