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Howard Johnson's
1925–2022
“The orange roof and 28 flavors.”
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The orange-roofed roadside icon that practically invented the American family road trip — 28 flavors of ice cream, fried clam strips, and a turnpike outpost every few exits. Motels carried the name for decades, but the restaurants dwindled through the '80s and '90s; the very last Howard Johnson's restaurant closed in 2022.
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Chi-Chi's
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“Fried ice cream and a sombrero on your birthday.”
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“The birthday sundae with the siren.”
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1976–2008
“Potato skins in the Irish-pub booth.”
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1966–2008
“The salad bar and the dim wood booths.”
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