A double dip at Friendly's - Life in America

[@mightyh]

Prestley Blake, one of the founders of Friendly, just passed away earlier in 2021 at the age of 106.

[@marygirardin5300]

Wow, I didn’t know that

[@bonnieharris8112]

That's amazing, he must have had a great life! Bless his heart!

[@rem145]

Wow that’s a heck of a lifetime!

[@jameskash1306]

Yup a great place for growing up.. just a place for kids and adults to eat and relax..many fond memories. Corporate greed from so many sell over hurt it bad but let's hope they can remake themselves. One owner just passed at 102 or so . It was his baby and he wished he never sold it but all things change.. ice cream is still very good viva Friendlys

[@zerious1016]

Rest in Peace Prestly Blake

[@elvinhayes7120]

Curtis Blake married my aunt, many years ago. They both recently passed away. Curt was the nicest man you'd ever want to know, warm, kind, and, yes, friendly.

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Thank you for posting...that’s great to know. Always my favorite place-we have one left in Canton, CT.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@QueenBee-gx4rp Cherish it! I wish Ohio still had this place.

[@jpturner171]

Great memories! My parents took me to Friendly’s in Morristown NJ the day before I entered the Marine Corps for my 37 year journey! I still go back to that Friendly’s! Thank you for the history lesson👍🏽 Semper Fi!🇺🇸

[@busybody1474]

I was born and raised in Springfield, grew up less than a dozen houses from a friendly's.. brings back many fun memories

[@JPee-x4you]

Friends and I frequented a Friendly's when we were teens. I really enjoyed the thick shake called " a fribble". Thanx for the memories.

[@heidikersey7280]

I just getting over a really rotten day and when I saw your video it really calm me down !! Your videos have a soothing quality to them like taking a chill pill. Keep making us relax and calm🙋

[@randompage429]

This is my favorite time of night, when I sit in bed on my iPad watching these videos. It’s a great way to end my day.

[@jpturner171]

Agreed!

[@map3384]

On our first date in 1989 I took my wife out to the local friendly’s. My darling was just 16. They tore the restaurant down in the early 2000’s to put up another Starbucks. It was very sad to see them demolition the place. So many memories together there.

[@chop3625]

Loved the Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers all served up on toast. Only other item available, the Fish sandwich. Great fries with superb ice cream sundaes for dessert. The burgers were grilled live in the restaurant for the full visual effect. No freakin microwave! Let me finish with a chocolate fribble please! Nothing like it. What’s left of it today absolutely sucks, shame.

[@pablojosecelestino]

I used to work at Friendly in the early 80's. You are absolutley correct!!!

[@patrickstrack9110]

Met my wife at Friendly's who was the original "Scoopy The Bear." Still married, 46 years later.

[@youtubefields3917]

congrats !!! ❤️

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

@@youtubefields3917 😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊

[@jfiorello68]

Friendly's was one of those places we would go as kids for lunch with our mom and grandma, during a day of shopping.

[@samanthab1923]

I used to go to Horn & Hardart.

[@slarson8044]

Great video. I loved Friendly’s as a child, and later, took my own children there also. The one near us eventually closed. Very sad.

[@rvenneman]

The first Friendly’s I remember was in Lee, Massachusetts when the “fribble “ was called a “Awful Awful.”

[@billforcht1034]

My dad was a traveling salesman with New England as his territory. Once in a blue moon he’d take me with him and always had lunch at a Friendly. Hamburger and a coffee flavored fribble and all was right with the world.

[@1BrickShy]

SUCH a part of my childhood growing up in MA!! Had family near Springfield and often drove by that big sign made from shrubs. As a kid, it was how I knew we were "almost there!"

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

More than a dozen likes before the video is showing, because America LOVES ice cream !

[@jerrysullivan8424]

That also has a lot to do with past videos being so well done, this you-tube channel takes us down memory lane. :) we like them before we even see them. LOL!

[@cameraman655]

@@jerrysullivan8424 Yep, my thoughts exactly. We needed this channel at this point in history, something to take our attention from all the chaos happening around us.

[@dilberta6046]

We love the past, too, and miss it.

[@patriciakehaya6711]

Sure miss those days now an ice cream cone is almost 5 dollars

[@samanthab1923]

Omg! Is that true? I remember riding my bike up to Friendlys with 26 cents for a cone in the early 70's!

[@summerrose4286]

I used the get a Dairy Queen cone, small, rolled in nuts and dipped in chocolate (they no longer do that due to allergies) every Friday in college for a treat. I believe it was 80 cents.

[@stephanietorres5679]

I remember taking my daughter to the friendly's restuarant which had the yummy ice cream sunday. We both enjoyed that so much. However I do not see them anymore near florida mall for years.

[@marygirardin5300]

I found one in Satellite Beach, Florida

[@GD1082]

There is one on International Drive near Sand Lake

[@jfiorello68]

@@marygirardin5300 I came here to mention that one. I will have to go back when the pandemic is over.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

How was the ice cream on the other days?

[@medusagorgon9]

We use to have a Friendly’s just down the street. Sadly it closed about three years ago.

[@samanthab1923]

One near me in Doylestown PA closed

[@smitty1952]

We still have one left here in Newington, CT but who knows for how much longer. The pandemic definitely took its toll. Just like Howard Johnson's, you can always recognize a building that once was a Friendly's or maybe a Farm Shop.

[@murattaylan9602]

I love USA life.God bless USA.

[@lawnmowerman2199]

Amen!!

[@xwhiteskin]

@@lawnmowerman2199 *mid century USA* you mean. Modern Day USA sucks really bad :/

[@MrArbutusify]

@@xwhiteskin You know, as a Canadian I agree with you. If this GD pandemic leaves we will be back visiting you.

[@johnp139]

What?

[@BELCAN57]

As you stated, with every change in ownership there was a "new idea" on how to reinvigorate the brand. They should have stuck to the tried and true menu items that had worked in the past and concentrated on fast, efficient service.

[@389383]

Probably some hot shot with a master's degree in business.

[@stever7157]

Almost all of them were terribly slow. Not what you want in a place that caters to kids.

[@juliehymen5121]

In the early 2000's I enjoyed taking my mother and her friend to the Friendly's in East Green bush, NY. We ALL qualified for the "Senior Menu". Good food and friendly atmosphere. Always a very nice time.

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

I remember the Friendly's at the Orleans Rotary on the Cape. Always a welcome break on that endless drive down Rt 6.

[@stevend3753]

I remember visiting a Friendly’s in Boston’s museum of science in the late 70s. What a great place that was. Not sure if it’s still there in the museum.

[@geoffcaflisch1352]

It's not.

[@stevend3753]

@@geoffcaflisch1352 😩

[@donaldpotter3071]

I remember I used to walk to Friendly's while in high school and get a Fribble. It was 79 cents then (mid-1970s). Used to like the one in town that had counters and a few booths. Before they got into all the big meals. You could get a frank, or a fish-a majig sandwich with french fries. The one at 3:57 appears to be the one in my home town, closed for several years now.

[@sebastianponce9658]

I used to get a sundae called the Jim Dandy at Friendlys... My favorite Sundae treat

[@samanthab1923]

Those were huge!

[@donnabanks7656]

Me too. I could never finish it. But kept ordering it.

[@billmoran3812]

I grew up barely a mile from the first Friendly Ice Cream shop. The Blake brothers were home town boys that never forgot their city. They also owned a small clothing store in the same area of Springfield where they started. If you went to Catholic school in the 50’s or 60’s you bought your school uniforms there.

[@shibolinemress8913]

Thank you so much for covering Friendly's! Growing up in 1960's New Jersey, it was one of my favourites! We went there all the time, and I still remember some of the promotions they had, like collectable, team-branded miniature football helmets. I'm glad they're still around, and hope they continue!

[@harleygrit5358]

home of the fish-a-ma-gig sandwich!

[@mikebodnar4557]

My favorite food item

[@samanthab1923]

I forgot about the Fish-a-majig! 😆

[@desireetaylor6128]

Yes! My favorite sandwich growing up.😊

[@donnalee4624]

My father’s second job was as a cleaning man at Friendly’s. We ALWAYS had the Neapolitan in our freezer! We also ate there a couple of times a month. Good times, good memories!!

[@annberlin5811]

Remember Farrells ice cream? That drum!!

[@model-man7802]

Went to Saratoga NY and found Friendlys for the first time.Great food and Ice cream.

[@jeffsmith2022]

I worked at the first Friendly Ice Cream opened in RI, in Pawtucket, on Newport Ave. around 1968...the Jim Dandy became the banana royal...I hope my old friend Kathy Kilmartin sees this vid...There is still one store near me on Rt. 1, Attleboro, Mass...

[@sauroid1]

Tuna melt with sliced pickle, small french fries, and a fountain drink. Then followed by a dish of maple walnut ice cream. Just the thing to have after baseball practice in high school.

[@jamesvw769]

TUNA 🤢🤮

[@scratchdog2216]

Worked at the Wilbraham, MA plant for a while.

[@RichardCockerill]

i used to go to the Friendly's in Plattsburgh,N.Y.,really liked it

[@christophercharron8690]

Growing up in Rhode Island it was one of my first jobs. 1980 and serving ice cream

[@samanthab1923]

The one near me growing up was so popular it was hard to get a job there. People never quit. The tips were great. The place was always mobbed. 70's!

[@brucegordon4992]

Fribbles for everyone!

[@lawnmowerman2199]

My favorite was their "Fish-a-majig sandwich"🥰

[@Talon0524]

Friendly’s is our favorite family restaurant. We wish we could have had them here in Middle TN.

[@gardcorelegend]

This is a great channel, but it seems like the common theme that once the original owners sell to a big corporate company, the brands begin their decline.

[@brianjoy3407]

Its like products too. Made to fail....because if they lasted....you'd never buy another one

[@patriciayoung3267]

I still have a Friendly's in my area. I love the Fish-A-Ma-jig sandwich, the Jim Dandy is still huge.

[@summerrose4286]

Where is this please?

[@patriciayoung3267]

@@summerrose4286 Johnstown, NY

[@capecod50s]

My favorite ice cream parlor as a child. My paternal grandparents introduced me to Friendlys in Springfield, Mass. When we lived in Pittsfield, Mass this was our go to ice cream source.

[@douglasreeves9938]

Friendly's had this challenge when I was in college in the very early 70's. If you could drink 3 of their Awful Awful's, you got the 4th one for free. I did it once and felt like Terry Jones in the fat man restaurant skit.

[@geoffcaflisch1352]

They have fribbles...not awful awefuls.

[@jeffsmith2022]

Awful, Awful was from Newport Creamery in RI, Friendly's had the Fribble...

[@uncjim]

You’re right Douglas. The Awful Awful was awfully thick..awfully good. It later became the Fribble.

[@jaredjlinden]

Friendly did have an Awful Awful. Both Friendly and Newport Creamery licensed the name from the original inventor of the drink, based on New Jersey. The licensing agreement stated that they couldn’t use the name if either of them opened a store in NJ. When Friendly decided to expand to NJ, they renamed their version to Fribble. They also eventually tinkered with the recipe, too. Newport Creamery eventually bought the rights to the Awful Awful outright.

[@Nannerchan]

Brings back memories.

[@alanwbelcher]

I sure miss Friendly! My home town had 2 a couple miles apart, now both are gone.

[@mrtodd3620]

I like to look up addresses in these videos. 501 E Genessee St, Fayeteville NY, is a Dunkin Donuts now, but you can tell by the shape of the building that it used to be a Friendly's.

[@raymondhoelscher9307]

Very nice place... I miss it much....Use to take my older senior ladies there when I took them shopping. Sometimes they paid me with an ice cream for taking them shopping. I really did not want any money because I knew they did not have too much

[@tonyyero7231]

Grew up in the Boston area. LOVED going there as a kid whenever we went to the mall.

[@jeroensprangers8468]

It was 25 years ago I had a technical training at the Hamilton Standard Aerospace company in Windsor Locks . Every day we used lunch at a nearby Friendly s . I remember the saladebar very well. Which was very popular.

[@joemannix7471]

The last Friendly's that I have been to was across from daytona speedway. It is long gone. They were everywhere in the northeast when I was a child.

[@bigalcincinnatikidadventur7692]

I miss this place in my town of Cincinnati, Ohio.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Toledo, Ohio for me!

[@barbaraboeckman1510]

My kids always got the monster sundae, my husband got the Reese’s sundae, and I got the coffee sundae with mocha and marshmallow sauces. Sometimes, I’d get a Jim Dandy to share with one of my kids. Miss this place! None in SW Ohio, now 😔

[@williampalenik7306]

I have bought their half gallon containers of ice cream, but I never knew they had restaurants to dine in.

[@gfmeekins]

I grew up in the southeastern New England ('70s) and there were two within 10 miles of each other. The last one closed it's doors a few years back. It's on my to-do list whenever I visit Orlando.

[@Foxonian]

Having grown up in Western Mass., Friendly's has always been an institution here. Each year in grammar school, we got a field trip to the Wilbraham Ma. plant to see ice cream being made and to get a free cup of ice cream. Glad my Friendly's is still around to keep me in occasional Fribble.

[@robbygreene7428]

My father would pretty much always bring us kids to Friendly's, he could never think of any other restaruant apparenty, it was a tradition. I recall the "Fribble" shake which was not mentioned. It came I think in more then one flavor but Id favor the strawberry best. Loved the hot fudge sundaes as well.

[@Fmr.PBABowlerJoeJenkinsII]

My first job was at Friendly's in Essex, Md. I was 16. I'm now 57 and can still remember how to make the Jim Dandy, Banana Royal, Fribble and all the other shakes. Good days back then.

[@jimtrue1465]

Caroline Kennedy went to a private high school in my town. Imagine my surprise one day, while enjoying lunch at my local Friendly's, I saw Miss Kennedy and her mother Jackie O come in to enjoy a meal!

[@samanthab1923]

Was thinking Miss Porters at first but that was her mom. Concord Academy

[@jimtrue1465]

@@samanthab1923 Yes

[@hdgboy]

Back in 1973 at the age of 16 I got my first real job (other than mowing lawns) working at Friendly Ice Cream in the Harford Mall in Bel-Air, Maryland. I remember it being a great place to work and the food and ice cream selection was second to none. Very fresh and tasty. I have fond memories of those days. No massive SUV’s. No cell phones. No internet. And especially very little social dysfunction. We would go into Baltimore and visit the museums and library and weren’t afraid of being abused for “parting your hair the wrong way”. We looked different because character is what’s a part of a persons make up. Not how many tats, body bling or hair style that defines folks today.

[@dwill123]

We lost our Friendly's (far western suburbs of Philadelphia) a little over a year ago. The best burger, fries, coke and ice cream around.

[@sharonmaurer2882]

I love Friendlys not just for the ice cream but their food is pretty good. And i like that its in supermarkets.

[@BrianBMS]

Wow, this brings back memories. My first real job was at Friendly's in Salem, Massachusetts in 1975. It was a real family affair where my mom also worked and two other families (sisters, moms, daughters) pretty much made up the whole crew. It was a really fun job and I knew many of the customers by name. The menu was somewhat limited but the food was pretty good back then. All of us knew how to wait tables, prepare the food, wash the dishes, restock, ring up customers and take inventory plus many other duties ... albeit before they added all the new menu items. I left 4 years later to continue school but will always fondly look back on those days. Just one correction to the narrative. The Jim Dandy was a super sized "banana split" but they still had the regular version as well. 🍧🍔🍟

[@valerieannrumpf4151]

Loved getting the fried clam platter and the reeses pieces sundae when I was a kid and I still do.😊🍨

[@jpturner171]

Loved the Reese’s Pieces!☺️👍🏽

[@frankbrunetti2109]

Nothing beats a Howard Johnson's

[@lukemoore8795]

Still go to Friendly's every now and again in Clifton Park, NY. Love the Reeses Cup Friendzees & Honey BBQ Chicken SuperMelts. Gotta try a Jim Dandy now 🙂

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

We always went to Friendly's whenever we visited relatives in New England 😌💜

[@Mark.G475]

I remember the Friendly ice cream shop in Ridgewood Nj. I lived there in the mid 1970s

[@samanthab1923]

My roommate was from Franklin Lakes, I think we are there. Her dads office was in Ridgewood. We went shopping at Sealfons

[@kevinmurray5313]

Omg! The best ice cream shop hands down. When I was little my parents took me to friendly's in the Fayetteville DeWitt New York area. Not sure if that store is around anyone? I now live in Florida and we have a friendly's on international drive in Orlando :-) I live about forty minutes away but Everytime we are around that area we always make time for an ice cream stop. My favorite is the three scoop Sunday, two scoops of forbidden chocolate and one scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough with hot fudge,peanut butter sauce whip cream and 🍒 Wow now I have an appetite for a friendly sundae now 😊

[@summerrose4286]

I loved Friendly's so much. It was by my grandparents' house and by our doctor (we had a family doctor). I would go with them and my grandad and I would get the Fish-a-ma-jig. When my children were small we would stop here after a doctor visit (still the same doctor) and they loved it, too. I still got the Fish-a-ma-jig and they loved the Reece's Pieces sundaes and a blue cotton candy drink. We were so sad when it shut down. Sigh.

[@charleshamilton9274]

I had never heard of Friendly’s until I went off to college. Syracuse, 1974-78. Anyway, great food but I remember their spectacular milkshakes which I believe were called, “fribbles.” Good memories!

[@roselyncampisi822]

I know that northeast had a couple of friendlys, I never went to the store. I liked the mom and pop stores.

[@clinpsydoc]

I miss Friendly's in Massachusetts....many a good time just outside Sherborne.

[@thedreamr1]

I love Friendly's. Worked there just out of High school. No longer in my state now

[@samanthab1923]

You can buy Friendly ice cream in the grocery store now. Was in line at the checkout & had a Watermelon roll. The women in back commented that she worked at one in NJ in HS. We were in PA & it turned out I grew up near her Friendly's

[@thedreamr1]

@@samanthab1923 they do have speciality Friendlys at Walmart here in Mi but not regular ice cream. Better than none😀

[@chipmack7]

Well done series! Nice audio and video, look created in Spark. Short segments covering a company or product. Too many creators have distorted clipped hyperventilated audio, that I immediately exit. Not Recollection Road. Nice relaxing music, and lots of lost history put together. Appreciate your efforts!

[@gregoryclemen1870]

there was 2 stores that I knew of in cincinnati ohio, and they are gone now, I remember their "HEAPING" two dip ice cream cones, if it was hot outside we would devour it inside the store, otherwise if you took it outside, the ice cream would melt faster than you could "PUT IT DOWN"!!!!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Toledo, OH had 4-5 locations!

[@lavendersunsets7066]

My favorite restaurant to go to when I was a kid. I have not gone in a long time now. Best hamburgers and my favorite was the Reese's sundae the big one. I still buy their icecream out the store to this day.

[@countalucard4226]

Around the corner were I grew up in the 50s was a beautiful ice cream parlor with the long counter with brass features and booths along the wall. A German family owned and ran it. Today a Bodega stands where it once was. The 50s was the best decade of the 20th century].

[@twwap294]

Many good memories from college days!

[@jimconaty6218]

The history of the business is fascinating but the inclusion of pictures make it much more so. Thanks

[@andyd5492]

I remember when everyone freaked out when a half gallon went from 99 cents to $1.05.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

The Jubilee Bar was wonderful. In Philly we would call sprinkles, jimmeys.

[@samanthab1923]

They used to only come out at Christmas time. My brother loved them so my dad would buy a case. Good use of our freezer

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

@@samanthab1923 I can’t have something like this anymore. I’m diabetic and I am allergic to nuts!

[@samanthab1923]

Maureen McGovern Oh Im sorry. I'm over due for a check up. Wouldn't be surprised if I as well.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Friendly used to had locations in Ohio for a number of decades. My grandma used to walk me to a Friendly's near her home here in Toledo.

[@deanomarshall2926]

Can you see about doing one on LUM'S restaurant?

[@jeepguy220]

yeh beer batter hot dogs.

[@stevewilson7857]

Liver and onions

[@samanthab1923]

Yes, in FL. I still have my Warner Bros. Loony Tunes glasses. 70's promo

[@frankbrunetti2109]

They already have

[@leedaniels7196]

They did already.

[@jcshaves]

I loved Friendly’s but it is sad what happen to it. My hometown had 2 which both closed a good 20 years or so ago. Where I live now had at one point had 6 of them only has 1. Whenever my mom visited she would want to eat there because she missed them. I also miss being able to buy their nice cream in stores at least where I live.

[@juliemarchese-temple7749]

I went to Friendly s as a child growing up in Massachusetts.

[@JamesVaughan]

The only Friendly's I know remaining anywhere near me is the large Friendly's in Morristown, NJ. Two or three decades ago virtually every town in the Garden State seemed to have a Friendly's. The first one I ever patronized was in Rutland, VT in the 1960s. They had terrific breakfasts (great pancakes), and you could always count on a tasty luncheon item like a tuna melt or a BLT. Their ice cream wasn't the best IMO, but they were a good place for a quick meal in generally unhurried surroundings unlike the "fast food" eateries. All the changes in ownership and poor management must have done them in, because now they're virtually extinct in the mid-Atlantic region.

[@jpturner171]

I commented then my mom and dad took me to that friend lives in Morristown the night before I went into the Marine Corps for my 37 year “journey”! Glad to hear it’s still there I have to visit it when I’m back east! Thank you and Semper Fi!

[@the3dluxe53]

I remember going a couple times as a kid before the one in my town closed probably due to the bankruptcy filing in 2011. I remember always getting the cotton candy soda and my mom was always disgusted when I ordered it. If I drank it now I’d probably hate it but as a kid who thought they could never have too much sugar it was great.

[@uncjim]

The Big Beef medium rare was like no other. Today, that would be considered a prime beef burger. Their ice cream was high butter fat premium, not like today. After Friendly was sold, it was never the same.

[@stever7157]

One of my first dates with my wife was at the one on Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence, RI. Sadly it closed about 2 years ago. There’s now none left in the entire state.

[@brocklanders6172]

Don't forget the Clam Boat Platter!

[@samanthab1923]

With an Orange Sherbet Cooler, please!

[@brocklanders6172]

@@samanthab1923 A strawberry Fribble for me!

[@samanthab1923]

Brock Landers Oh that reminds me of their Strawberry sundaes! Yum

[@brocklanders6172]

@@samanthab1923 A Friendly's in suburban Philadelphia was my first real job at 16 in 1983. Dishwaher/busing tables. Some great times and some disgusting times.

[@samanthab1923]

Brock Landers Oh like all food service jobs 😆 the one I knew of that closed was the Doylestown PA one on 611

[@RandyDubin]

So, apparently Basketball wasn't the only great invention to come out of Springfield, Massachusetts.

[@clintcountryman4849]

Basketball was invented in Kansas

[@kevinsmith5288]

@@clintcountryman4849 No, it was invented in Springfield, Google it. That's why the Basketball Hall Of Fame is located there.

[@justmeeagainn]

It is still a beloved restaurant chain where each location smells like piss, and none have been cleaned since 1974.

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

I grew up in the Springfield area (Belchertown) and took a tour of the original Friendlys and a tour of their headquarters in Wilbraham MA that was in the early to mid 1960’s on a school field trip. I liked their ice cream and the restaurant food was pretty decent. I liked their sundaes and Jim Dandy. I’m in Florida now and I think all of the Friendlys here are all gone.

[@jamesorth6460]

In the late 1990s while living in Bangor, Maine My late wife and I had lunch and ice cream at Friendly

[@davidevans3175]

Used to eat there all the time as a teenager in the early 70s. Sometimes I couldn't afford to leave a tip so I'd leave a poem on a napkin. I had a recurring dream where I took refuge at Friendly's during nuclear war. I still sometimes make cheese burgers the Friendly's way, a grilled cheese with a burger inserted inside.

[@TheFoodieCutie]

I always remember the ice cream clown 🤡 they had the cone upside down as his hat 😂

[@frankhess7489]

Visiting my father in Ohio I will always remember the Reese’s pieces Sunday. Omg that was the best. Willoughby Ohio. Sadly That store is no longer there . They are missed. I was able thankfully to take my wife and kids to the location in Harrisburg in 2010. Da gone how time has flown.

[@noexcuses6727]

When there, I always eat at the Friendly's in Harrisburg PA.

[@RUBIZEN]

Anyone remember "Dipper Dan's"? We had one in Lexington Ky (In Lexington Mall!). It was a burgers/dogs/ice cream place. Also, they had real "bubble gum" ice cream. That means little bits of bubble gum in the ice cream. Not good. Imagine eating ice cream with bits of gum that you can't swallow!

[@superfisher4379]

I had one in my hometown. It just became a gourmet pizza restaurant. Ironically the service at the old Friendly's wasn't very "friendly." I still loved the place though. It became better in the 2000's. They were always nice to my kids.