The Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati opened in 1948. It was designed in the International Style and included a circular restaurant with commissioned mural by Joan Miró.

China patterns used by Howard Johnson's, an iconic U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels, founded in 1925 by Howard Deering Johnson.

The Edgewater Beach in Chicago offered several dining areas including its three-level main dining room, known as the Marine Cafe and its fifteen private dining rooms with seating capacities from 10 to 1,000.