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

Among the dishes on offer is Poulet Marengo

We are sure the customers were in on the joke

The inside is equally charming with menus such as the Non-Stop Special

It soon became popular with Tammany Hall politicians and sporting figures

The Pink Pig in what was then Van Nuys - now

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