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 Photograph 2005 courtesy of Brian Florence

 Lake Placid, New York
Saranac Ave

 

In a further nod to the Restaurant's heritage, the Butler's commissioned one of a kind uniform shirts for their employees featuring the embroidered Simple Simon and the Pieman seen below in Mr. Russo's photograph.
 
 
 

 Photographs May 1, 2005 courtesy of Steven LJ Russo
 

 

 Seen in these 2005 shots, the Restaurant had been painted white with blue trim. Ron Butler, while still involved, has stepped aside to allow his sons to run the family business--his Howard Johnson's.
 
 

 

 
 

 Note the Comfort Inn sign in the background--it's not a good sign.
 
 
 

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