Lost Tables
Lost Tables collects the culinary memories of lost St. Louis restaurants.
Lost Tables
Gary Giessow: Howard Johnson's, Layton's
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Harley Hammerman
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Episode 52
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Harry Giessow owned The Candlelight House on Clayton Road. He and his son, Gary, owned the Howard Johnson’s in Kirkwood and the Howard Johnson’s on Clayton Road, which Gary morphed into Layton’s. I talked with Gary and his wife Lil at their home in Ladue.