[Otclassof1973] HoJo Memories

[Mary Junda]

Had a big dose of Nostalgia today when reading about
the closing of Howard Johson's on the Boardwalk in the
AP Press online...I posted the article & graphics in
the OT Weblog at:

https://www.smsd.tv/serendipity/index.php?/categories/3-The-AP-connection

I can remember going there on sometimes Sunday
mornings during our elementary & middle school years.
On any cold Winter's day, Nothing beat a steaming hot
mug of HoJo's Hot Chocolate! 

If breakast was the meal of the day, then it was
chocolate chip pancakes -- yum! [I used to get those
all the time at Perkins Pancake House on the Asbury
Circle]

For lunch, I loved their hot dogs with the split-top,
toasted buns <---the kind that were more like wrapping
a slice of white bread around the hot dog, instead of
a regular old hot dog bun. Even better when
accompanied by fries & a Coke!

And their ice cream was great Any Time...even in the
middle of Winter! It was fun trying all the different
flavors, too.

I also fondly remember the HoJo's on the Asbury Circle
& seem to recall attending a birthday party there when
we were all around 6 or 7. I think it was one of
Debbie Fulginiti's parties complete with balloons &
games [like "Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey"] and, of
course, yummy cake & ice cream!

And although I've always enjoyed going to the various
NJ diners around the area, HoJo's was a unique change
of venue, a different flavor among them.

Good memories all!

Mary J. :-) 

 
  

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