"DOES HoJo still serve fried clams?" asked a Howard Johnson's patron, using the nickname for the restaurant chain. He recently ate there for the first time in nearly 40 years. Back then, "HoJo" could be found on almost every highway and by way and felt as ubiquitous as McDonald's or Starbucks are today. At its height in the 1970s, Howard Johnson's had more than 1,000 restaurants and was the biggest food chain in America. Only the army fed more people. Now, only one is left. The last one standing is in Lake George, a summer tourist spot in New York's Adirondacks.
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