[Otclassof1973] HoJo Memories

[Laura Varner]

Our favorite late-night spot was the Monmouth Queen Diner off the
Eatontown Circle.  Boy, I remember their french fries covered in brown
gravy!  That diner is long gone, but, fortunately, the Blue Swan is
still there!
Laura

>>> "Mindy Schwartz" <mas at balancedbookcompany.com> 6/13/2006 1:19:13 PM
>>>
I remember those late nights at the L&M diner, too.  Another fond
memory is New Year's, 1978.  We were home for the week, and decided to
get something to eat at around 2am New Years Day.  We ended up at  the
Blue Swan Diner, and my brother Richard (OTHS class of '76) generously
announced he was picking up the tab.  What he didn't know was that they
had tripled the prices on their menu for the holiday, and he almost
fainted when he saw the bill!  

What I remember most about HoJo's are the fried clam sandwiches they
had once a week (Thursdays?).  There is a place here near the beach in
Carlsbad that serves fried clams very much like those, and I take my
parents there whenever they visit.  While we don't eat fried food very
often, it is a meal that brings back lots of happy memories.
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  From: Patti T Duke 
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  ah the memories. I miss late nights at the L&M diner... 


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  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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