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Old 17th May 2024, 17:24
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There used to be a large chain of roadside hotels with restaurants in the USA called Howard Johnsons. Around the North Eastern area of their empire one of the items on the menu was the "California Burger". It was a very large burger in a large bun with sesame seeds, a lot of lettuce and tomato salad, and large portion of "fries." When I was in Florida a year later, we found a "HoJo's" not far from the boatyard we were in. The "California Burger" wasn't featured on their menu, but something that looked suspiciously like it was there called the "Sunshine Burger", or something like that. Definitely no reference to the State of California. However, Florida did promote itself as the "Sunshine State" in those days. Interstate rivalry between the Atlantic and Pacific Coast? I never got an answer.
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