Horne's Restaurant and Motor Lodges

[HoJofan206]

Does anyone remember these "yellow" roofed restaurants and motor lodges from the 60's and 70's.  The had their own unique looking buildings and colors as did Howard Johnson's.
Does anyone know if any of them are still open?

[dooneyt63]

A Hornes in Port Royal, VA still operates.  It looks just like it did back in the day, yellow roof and all.  I'll write more about Horne's later.  I experienced many of these over the years.  The Port Royal one does have a website.  There is more about Hornes on stuckonstuckeys.com.

[HoJofan206]

How many Horne's locations remain in total?  Will they end up outlasting Howard Johnson's?

[HoJofan206]

Has anyone seen the new "Old Navy" commercial?  At the very end they show a pristine Horne's restaurant with its bright yellow roof.  I real treat to see! :P

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by HoJofan206
Has anyone seen the new "Old Navy" commercial?  At the very end they show a pristine Horne's restaurant with its bright yellow roof.  I real treat to see! :P

yea ive seen them kida stupit commercial who would wanna eat jeanes lol

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by HoJofan206
Has anyone seen the new "Old Navy" commercial?  At the very end they show a pristine Horne's restaurant with its bright yellow roof.  I real treat to see! :P

yea ive seen them kida stupit commercial who would wanna eat jeanes lol

Well on the ad they don't eat the clothes they take them off the plate look at them and put the on.:duh::boring:

But if I was hungry I wouldn't go there because they just serve CLOTHES!!!!!!!:barf::boring::P

lol i know they dont eat them its kida a stupit idea i dont like old navy anymore they have gone to cheep but they do hjave some good stuff there though

[df559]

Along Highway 99 near Bakersfield Ca there was an abandoned Horne's, the sign was still there but the building was pretty well trashed. When I was last down that way about 3 years ago the sign was gone but what was left of the building was still there.

[HoJofan206]

If you are back up that way anytime soon please try to get some pictures of the old Hornes sight before it is gone forever!!  :no:

[HoJofan206]

I think that any Horne's that are still in excistance are very much so like Howard Johnson's restaurants....pretty much on their own.  I know at least 1 or 2 still in excistance.

[HoJofan206]

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Does anyone know if Horne's used yellow tiles on the roof buildings or what was the "yellow" substance made of? :huh:

[HoJofan206]

They had Horne's locations in California?  I didnt realize that they were that abroad the US.

[dooneyt63]

I believe the roof tiles were a metal material with a yellow baked enamel finish.

[Zayre88]

See these two links: http://members.aol.com/sum41angel02/competitors/hornes/hornes.htm

http://www.autoage.org/Florida/Ocala/Hornes/hornes.html

[HoJofan206]

Does anyone know approximately how many locations Horne's had at the height of their business?  I know the 1970's oil/gas shortage didnt help the business.

[dooneyt63]

I believe there were around 120-130 locations.  Some were just the souvenir shop/coffee shop/gas station locations, others were motor lodges, and some had more advanced restaurants called Crown Rooms.

[HoJofan206]

WOW, I hd no idea that the company was THAT large.  I thought is was a lot smaller than that.

[HoJofan206]

I guess Horne's is no longer serving Old Navy jeans as a food item.  I havent seen that commercial for a few weeks now.

[HoJofan206]

Horne's by night......