WEBSTER – Another Friendly’s restaurant is closing its doors for good.
The chain’s Webster facility will close permanently after it closes at 9:30 p.m. Monday
The Friendly’s website now lists 24 locations in Massachusetts and two in New Hampshire.
Friendly’s was founded in 1935. The first store opened in Springfield and the second came five years later in West Springfield.
By 1951, 10 Friendly’s were operating in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. S. Prestley Blake, who co-founded Friendly’s with his brother and turned it into a national chain, died in 2021 at the age of 106.
The regional favorite has experienced a steady series of closures in recent years. In 2019, Friendly’s closed 23 restaurants in the Northeast. The last Friendly’s on Cape Cod closed for good in 2020.
WBZ news staff
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