13 Facts About Howard Johnson's

Howard Johnson's, or Howard Johnson by Wyndham, is an American-owned chain of worldwide hotels and motels, located primarily throughout the United States.

Howard Johnson's restaurants were franchised separately from the hotel brand beginning in 1986, but in the years that followed, severely dwindled in number.

The first Howard Johnson's restaurant was near the theater, and hundreds of influential Bostonians flocked to the restaurant.

Howard Johnson's success gave him added opportunity to capitalize on getting his name around.

Howard Johnson's told a reporter from The New York Times, “I dressed the waitresses in aqua, did the walls in aqua, I made the placemats in aqua.

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Howard Johnson's Johnson popularized Soffron Brothers Clam Company's fried clam strips, the "foot" of hard-shelled sea clams.

Howard Johnson's employed architects Rufus Nims and Karl Koch to oversee the design of the rooms and gate lodge.

In 1959, Howard Johnson's Deering Johnson, who had founded and managed the company since 1925, turned control over to his son, then 26-year-old Howard Johnson's Brennan Johnson.

Segregation in Howard Johnson's restaurants provoked an international crisis in 1957, when a Howard Johnson eatery in Dover, Delaware refused service to Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, the finance minister of Ghana, prompting a public apology from President Dwight D Eisenhower.

Howard Johnson's reached its peak that year, but the late 1970s marked the beginning of the end for the Howard Johnson Company.

Howard Johnson's sued the motel chain for their lapse in security and won a judgment of $2.

Howard Johnson's Johnson began offering a "Rise 'N' Dine" continental breakfast at some economy limited service locations.

In spring 2012, one of the last three original Howard Johnson's restaurants closed, in Lake George, and was listed for sale.