Jun 19, 2025 | Friendly's
By Nicole Duncan
June 18, 2025
It’s been nearly two decades since the taco began its star-studded journey across menus, categories and cuisines. No longer restricted to Mexican and Tex-Mex-leaning concepts, the now ubiquitous carrier is as seamlessly filled with bulgogi or tikka masala as it is with carnitas or al pastor. By contrast, the taco-adjacent quesadilla has remained on the fringe in terms of innovation, beloved and craveable as it may be.
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Jun 13, 2025 | Friendly's
By Aly Walansky
Jun 12, 2025, 11:23am EDT Jun 12, 2025, 08:51pm EDT
National Lobster Day is celebrated on June 15. While steamed lobster on a plate is always appealing – isn’t this holiday a great opportunity to kick the creativity up a notch? Restaurants nationwide are giving lobster the special treatment, as it so richly deserves. Spicy, fried, or with pasta – there’s endless creative and delicious ways to enjoy the most luxurious of crustaceans as you never have before.
Lobster & Shrimp Quesadilla
Lobster & Shrimp Quesadilla at Friendly’s Restaurants.©2024 MANNY RODRIGUEZ
A star of the new summer menu at Friendly’s restaurants, this seafood-centric upgrade on the classic quesadilla is made with mixed cheese, lobster, and shrimp wrapped in flour tortillas, served with salsa, sour cream, of course, a side of fries.
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Jun 13, 2025 | Friendly's
Just in time for the sunny season, Friendly’s is turning up the heat (and the nostalgia), celebrating 90 years of delicious memories with the launch of its Summer Sizzle Menu, available now through September 30. This limited-time lineup brings back fan-favorite flavors, bold new bites and some particularly jaw-some treats fans have been awaiting the return of!
Back by very popular demand, and after countless social media requests, this wildly popular drink is swimming back onto the menu — the Shark in the Water is a sweet, bubbly ocean-blue mix of Sprite, blue raspberry syrup, gummy sharks and a splash of shark bait for the ultimate summer sip and fruity bite. Also making a splash is the Shark Fribble, our famous vanilla shake turned deep-sea treat with gummy sharks swimming in blue raspberry waves and drizzled with shark bait.
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Mar 25, 2025 | Friendly's
Every year, the Fischetti family hosts a posthumous birthday gathering for matriarch Genevieve in her honor.
The Fischetti family celebrated Genevieve Fischetti’s 100th birthday posthumously at Friendly’s in February 2025.Courtesy Trisha Burke and the Fischetti Family
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Aug 5, 2024 | Friendly's
By Dylan Myers Aug. 5, 2024 10:30 am EST
Read More: https://www.mashed.com/1634393/struggling-chain-restaurants-made-comebacks/
Beginning in the early 2000s, we wondered if we were experiencing the slow and painful death of the chain restaurant. Restaurant goers were looking elsewhere for healthier options, and younger generations increasingly craved unique and trendy over reliable, cheap, or convenient. Even thousands of locations and global expansion couldn’t guarantee success for struggling chain restaurants. Confronted with the ever-expanding market of curbside pick-up and food delivery apps, if a family-friendly chain didn’t keep up with the times, it was all too easy to fall into bankruptcy, or worse, fade into irrelevance.
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“Friendly’s Famous Fried Ravioli,” is a new dish offered on the 90th anniversary menu: “Legacy in Bloom” (COURTESY FRIENDLY’S)
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