Only the memories of chicken croquettes, fried clams and orange sherbet remain at the corner of Veirs Mill Road and University Boulevard in Wheaton. The former, and many would argue historic, Howard Johnson's hotel and world-famous roadside restaurant building have now both been completely razed.
The property will become part of the future Wheaton Gateway mixed-use development. In later years, the hotel structure had become a Best Western and Ambassador Apartments, and the restaurant building a mattress store. These were among a handful of extant Howard Johnson's buildings remaining in the state of Maryland.
good riddance - the new building can't come up fast enough.
ReplyDeleteHave you lived in Wheaton all your life? If not you really have no place for your opinion.
DeleteI hear there's a HoJo's kind of operating in Lake George, New York. That's ok - what we really need around here is a Hot Shoppe.
ReplyDeleteI have many pleasant memories working at the Howard Johnson’s Motor lodge Wheaton as a bellman, switchboard operator, and desk clerk in the late 60s and early 70s.
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