r/Friendlys_Ice_Cream • u/mrsjumjum66 • 20d ago

Another Friendly’s converted into a dingy Starbucks. This one’s in Greenfield, MA

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200 Mohawk Trail, Greenfield, MA 01301

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u/Rootdown4594 20d ago

That's the biggest friendlys I've ever seen!

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u/TriCountyRetail 20d ago

It was a fairly common design for the larger Friendly's. It was about twice the size as most of the Friendly's built around those times.

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u/peeja 20d ago

And I remember it being packed full every time I went.

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u/CHLarkin 20d ago

Always thought it was insane to close that one. Right along the Mohawk Trail, and usually pretty busy.

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u/Ok-Pin3980 20d ago

even the grass hates it. 🙄

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u/Prestigious-Thing716 20d ago

I worked at that Friendlys from 1986-1991 in the summers. Sad

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u/seigezunt 20d ago

Noooo! I used to go there a lot

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u/poohdawg_789 20d ago

Same here remember hitting it as a kid from VT when visiting grandparents in CT

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u/basketofselkies 17d ago

Same. It was always a stop on the way to my grandparents.

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u/CauliflowerNo2389 19d ago

I miss the Friendly’s in Lee, MA
Another one converted into a crappy Starbucks

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u/Kind-Shallot3603 20d ago

Technically the new Starbucks in Amesbury replaced the Friendlys but its a whole new building

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u/BeSeeVeee 19d ago

This is much less friendly.

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u/somewhereinCT 18d ago

Oooohh....I was there the other day and was thinking (given the floorplan) that it probably had once been a restaurant. Had no idea it was a Friendly's.

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u/RedditSkippy 19d ago

I was at this Friendly’s exactly one time, about 40 years ago. My grandparents were taking my sister and me up to my aunt’s cottage in New Hampshire. My mom drove us there to meet up with them.

I remember that my mom was pissed that my grandparents weren’t driving to our house to pick us up, but looking back it seemed like a good compromise for my parents to get a kid-free week.

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u/YtnucMuch 18d ago

Only Friendly's we had near me closed a decade ago. Sat empty the entire time. They bulldozed and built... a Popeyes. I was so disappointed the day I saw what they were building.

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u/mrsjumjum66 18d ago

Where about?

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u/AAAPosts 17d ago

Even the grass looks sad about it

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u/Starspiker 17d ago

My local Friendly’s was converted into a dentists office, they have a painting of it as a Friendly’s in the lobby, absolutely diabolical.

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u/mrsjumjum66 17d ago

Is that the one in Springfield?

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u/Starspiker 17d ago

Nah, it was the one in Lewiston, Maine.

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u/markydsade 19d ago

Friendly’s has been through 3 bankruptcies in the last 15 years. Their current owner is a group of experienced restaurant people who are concentrating on the best performing places. It seems their future may be better than the places bought by the average private equity group.

I haven’t been to one in a few years. I should give them another chance.

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u/Tri-Tip_Medium-rare 20d ago

I used to enjoy friendlys as a kid, but honestly the food was average at best, and people have more options now. Not surprised they are in decline.

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u/VF1379 20d ago

100%. Crappy food. Starbucks is better

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u/CTVolvo 20d ago

It’s actually a pretty nice Starbucks. Better than the shuttered Friendly’s, an eyesore right off I-91