Howard Johnson's Liquors, USA 1950s Howard Johnson Among the dishes on offer

Among the dishes on offer is Poulet Marengo

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Howard Johnson's Liquors, USA 1950s Howard Johnson Among the dishes on offerThis is a wonderful drinks menu from Howard Johnson's, once the biggest restaurant chain in the United States. The design and graphics are strikingly simple and elegant a perfect example of the ingenuity of vintage menu artists. Ho Jos, as it was called by customers, began life as a pharmacy and soda fountain in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1925. Businessman Howard Johnson, who had borrowed $2,000 to open the property, realized customers were queuing up