Howard Johnson's - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
N 43° 41.231 W 079° 35.246
17T E 613845 N 4838099
This restaurant is not longer recognizable as a Hojo's.
Waymark Code: WM52G8
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/31/2008
Views: 59
This restaurant has had a major make over and there is not much left to identify it as a Hojo's.
From the Howard Jonsons webpage.
The Toronto complex marked a series of firsts for Howard Johnson's. It was the first in Canada, first in Ontario, and included the first Red Coach Grill outside the United States. Like all of the other Howard Johnson's outlets in Canada, Toronto-Airport was an Orangeroof Canada Limited licensed unit. Interestingly, Joseph Crothers was listed as its "operator." No doubt a close relation of Frank Crothers who had developed the Howard Johnson's in Nassau during the late 1950s.
The eight-story, 275 room Lodge included a 550 guest banquet facility, 132 seat Howard Johnson's Restaurant, 152 seat Red Coach Grill and adjoining 70 seat Red Coach Grill cocktail lounge with its floor-to-ceiling fieldstone fireplace, and the 200 seat Cockney Pride authentic English pub complete with antique leaded glass doors and a valance from London's Tyne House Hotel. The site also offered all-weather swimming and relaxation with its sun-domed heated swimming pool and saunas. Moreover, during good weather guests were afforded restful meditation in the Momiji (Maple Leaf) Gardens. The site was described as "an outstanding design, as elegant and sophisticated as the cosmopolitan city of Toronto
This former Howard Johnson's is now the Renaissance Toronto Airport hotel and Olio Mediterranean Grille and is located at 801 Dixon Road in Toronto, Ontario.
Restaurant or Gate Lodge?: Restaurant
Architectural Style Found: Unsure
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