The book "Ten Restaurants That Changed America" by Paul Freedman has a good chapter on Howard Johnson's. One interesting point the author makes is that Howard Johnson's successful competitors were heavily burger focused whereas Howard Johnson's didn't have much variety in that category. They were known for their hotdogs "Frankforts" so funny to imagine an alternate world where the hotdog holds the place in American culture the burger does.
Great read, thanks for sharing!
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The book "Ten Restaurants That Changed America" by Paul Freedman has a good chapter on Howard Johnson's. One interesting point the author makes is that Howard Johnson's successful competitors were heavily burger focused whereas Howard Johnson's didn't have much variety in that category. They were known for their hotdogs "Frankforts" so funny to imagine an alternate world where the hotdog holds the place in American culture the burger does.