Ownership is trying to revive Friendly’s Restaurant, which has closed 32 eateries. Pictured is its Norwood, Mass. location. Friendly’s Restaurants has been up and down more than most rollercoasters.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Friendly's, then known simply as Friendly, was founded in 1935 by brothers Curtis and Prestley Blake.

When Amol Kohli started working at a Philadelphia-area Friendly's as a waiter in 2003, he was a restless sophomore in high school hoping to make some pocket change. Kohli made about $5 an hour at the ...

Unable to find jobs in the middle of the Great Depression, S. Prestley and Curtis Blake borrow $547 from their parents and open Friendly Ice Cream at 161 Boston Post Road in Springfield. Two scoops ...