Free Friendly's Ice Cream on June 6

by Alex Van Buren (Subscribe to Alex Van Buren's posts)
Posted May 21st 2009 4:00PM

Ask anyone from New England if she remembers Friendly's and she will probably instantly recount an obsession with their Conehead Sundaes (pictured) or gigantic, thick Fribbles (what Yankees call frappes, or milkshakes).

The Barbie-pink color scheme and 80s cursive script invoke many a memory for folks from the region, so we suspect they'll be in line when the chain gives away free one-scoop cones and dishes on Saturday June 6 (between noon and 5 p.m., the prime sugar-crash zone). It's the second freebie-scooping year in a row and one exec reports, "We want to give away as much ice cream as possible."

Done and done. See you in line, buddy.

[Via Nation's Restaurant News]

Tags: deal, free, friendlys, giveaway, happy ending sundae, HappyEndingSundae, ice cream, IceCream

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5-21-2009 @ 7:32PM

Marianne said...

Just a little correction as a former Friendly's employee: Fribbles are made with ice milk whereas milkshakes are made with ice cream. Friendly's sells both.

5-21-2009 @ 8:42PM

Stef said...

Hmmm... that's a Conehead sundae not a Happy Ending.

5-21-2009 @ 9:43PM

Alex Van Buren said...

Marianne: Thanks for the tip! Ice milk, huh? To my sugar-crazed Massachusetts-born self all I knew was that it went down just like a milkshake and that I loved it.
Stef: Good grief. Of course it's a Conehead. Total senior moment (for a 33-year-old). Thanks for the correction; it's fixed!

5-22-2009 @ 12:48AM

remy said...

frappe, milkshake... or cabinet, for true rhode islanders.

(and friendly's ice cream was great -- but the food was notably wretched)

5-22-2009 @ 12:00PM

Marianne said...

The biggest impact the Fribble/Shake choice has besides texture is that for a shake you could use many ice cream flavors (say chocolate ice cream and chocolate syrup) but the Fribble was limited to syrup variants because the ice milk only came in vanilla.

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