The last Howard Johnson's restaurant in Lake George, New York, which once belonged to the United State's oldest and largest franchise chain, has closed for good, putting an end to a nearly 100-year-old American tradition. Standing for more than 70 years, locals were hopeful the restaurant would reopen during the Memorial Day weekend as the start of summer normally brought tourists to visit the historic site, but reality set in when the Howard Johnson's doors remained shut. 'Lake George is officially dead,' Alyssa Kelly, of the HoJoLand fan group who has been documenting the restaurant's struggle for years, wrote on . 'Plastic tables, chairs removed. All memorabilia removed (that is not original, that stays with building). Cobwebs on the door.'
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