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800 E Main St., Meriden, Connecticut 06450

(203) 238-9329

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Friendly's Meriden

by grannola

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

October 3, 2006

Best of IgoUgo We had never been to Friendly's before, but we'd seen them advertised on the US channels we get up here in Canada. The ice-cream seemed like a good plan, so we went there.Of course it was still breakfast time when we got there, (10:55am) so we ...Read more We had never been to Friendly's before, but we'd seen them advertised on the US channels we get up here in Canada. The ice-cream seemed like a good plan, so we went there.

Of course it was still breakfast time when we got there, (10:55am) so we weren't sure if we could get lunch. We asked the waiter and he wasn't sure if the grill was switched over yet, but he offered to check and see what the soup of the day was.

As it turned out the grill was getting switched, and the soup was chicken noodle (and it was ready to go).

The 4-year-old decided she didn't want a kids meal, just some soup and a 'fribble'. Fribbles as it turns out are very much like milkshakes, but made with soft serve ice-cream. She loved both.

The 8-year-old opted for a fribble, but he made sure he ordered a kids meal so he could have some ice-cream. I figure that one helping of ice-cream is enough for any kid at lunch, so I ate most of the Monster Mash sundae. :)

The kids meals come with a choice of veggies, rice, or apple sauce. The 8-year-old opted for a cheese quesadilla. He shared a bit with the 1-year-old.

I had a grilled cheese sandwich and chicken noodle soup, which I also shared with the 1-year-old. The baby loved both sandwiches. He also had some of my soup.

Mom had some clam chowder. It is the New England variety with lots of cream. She enjoyed it very much. Mom and I both ordered coffee and we were very pleased when they brought us a carafe of good coffee.

The bill was sort of warped. They seemed to charge us for stuff we didn't order and not charge us for stuff we did order. The total seemed about right, and reasonably enough under $30, so we didn't bother trying to get it corrected. (For example, I asked for soup instead of fries, but ended up with both, and paid for both).

We enjoyed our first experience at Friendly enough that we stopped at another one further along our trip (but with less impressive results).

The 8-year-old really liked the Monster Mash sundae because it looked cool. Like I said, I didn't let him eat it all. It was a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice-cream, a Reeses peanut butter cup, 2 M&Ms, some whipped cream and a cherry made to look like a monster's face.

The 4-year-old wanted ice cream too of course, but she was happy with the milkshake. Close

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