Once a Howard Johnson
Corporate location, the Restaurant became owned by Marriott after
1985. Located in an excellent market for the brand, Marriott
retained the Restaurant's Howard Johnson name. In the early 1990s
it was sold or transferred to FAI. Surprisingly the location
received a well done orange awning and FAI's Canton inspired
arch. Unfortunately the interior was not upgraded.
Apparently FAI owned
the attached cocktail lounge, and it seemed to do a thriving
business. The very young, but somewhat abrasive, girl who was
the manager could not appreciate my interest and asked me not
to take pictures of the dining room (even though there were no
other patrons).
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