Howard Johnson's
/ˌhaʊəd ˈdʒɒnsnz/
/ˌhaʊərd ˈdʒɑːnsnz/
- any of a group of US hotels. In the past the company owned a chain of restaurants which became famous for their bright orange roofs and their 28 types of ice cream. The company was founded by Howard Dearing Johnson (1897-1972) in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1929.
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