Before heading home from our trip to Ogunquit at the end of June, Teague and I stopped in Wells, Maine at a Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast. I got a Chai Tea Latte and a Boston Cream donut shaped like a starfish. Too cute.
We stopped for lunch at a Friendly's in Marlborough, Massachusetts. There aren't many of these sandwich/ice cream shops left. The one thing about being a Weeble (old person) is getting discounts. Friendly's has a Weeble menu featuring a few smaller sized sandwiches, and the sandwich comes with a Happy Ending sundae. Just a small scoop of ice cream, topping of your choice (hot fudge, caramel, strawberry) and whipped cream. I had cookie dough ice cream and hot fudge and forgot to take a picture.
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I've never seen a star-shaped doughnut before! Cute!
ReplyDeleteNeither had I. I was like a little kid. Quite charmed with the idea
DeleteFun donut. And my thoughts as I was reading was you found a Friendlies. Then you said how there weren't many left. I know there's one in Concord, NH, but all the other I know of are gone. Which is sad because I spent a lot of teenage years visiting one and it's is a place I never minded going. Your lunch looks good. Have a great T day.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of us spent a lot of time at Friendly's. The one we stopped at was in Marlborough on Rt20. I think the problem they had was trying to compete with some of the other chain restaurants. They started offering steak tip dinners and stuff. People didn't want to spend the $$ for food at a hamburger/sandwich/ice cream shop. They should have stuck to their original formula because it worked. Stay cool today
DeleteI hear you about being a weebie (new term to me!). I get my senior coffee at McDonald's when I'm the road. Friendly used to a favorite years ago. Remember Brigham's? I've had many a good lunch there in Boston.
ReplyDeleteWeeble. Like the toy from 1970s, 1980s. Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down. Teague and I always like Brigham's better than Friendly's. That's another ice cream/sandwich shop that went the way of the dinosaurs
DeleteI'm sorry I got distracted by your title “T Stands for Rolling Home”, which I misread as “T Stands for Rolling Stone”. It’s a bit embarrassing, but I just had to laugh at myself
ReplyDeleteYour trip sounds delightful! That starfish-shaped donut must’ve been adorable and yum to the cookie dough sundae!
I love hearing about nostalgic stops like Friendly’s. It brings back so many warm memories.
Friendly's was a great place to get relatively inexpensive eats and ice cream. Too bad so many of the shops were closed
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DeleteOh yum, I love Boston cream donuts! We have them whenever we can (think the last time was at Tim Hortons, Málaga Airport) as they are not really a thing here ðŸ˜. Happy T Day wishes! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThey are a delightful treat
DeleteAh, yes, Friendly's.......😊
ReplyDeleteThe good old days
Deletewell strange sync wink. Just this morning Mike tells me how Starfish have eyes at the end of their "legs"...I tell him I have to look for my starfish photos I took way back on one of our many visits to the central coast. We were walking along the shoreline when I saw the tide pool and took quite a few photos. So a minute ago I'm looking in my photos for the Starfish. So then I come here and you mentioned Starfish.
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