Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor
Absolutely one of my favorite childhood memories - the place was only good for birthdays - I think we went there once, with my folks, for an actual dinner and it just felt wrong. They all closed - someone has the franchise, though, and is making a run of it out in California.
Complete and total cheeseball-ness - perfect for anyone growing up in the early 60s, 70s or 80s - back when we really did think that it was cool that Fonzi jumped that shark, not knowing how ironic we would one day find it! http://www.farrellsusa.com/Images/Fa...rrelllogo1.jpg Mix in one-part Old Fashion Hokum, a dash of convenience, a sprinkle of Chuck E. Cheese-a-peal, a pound of Party Cake Ice Cream and two parts bells and whistles; mix it all together in a giant pigs troff before heating it up in a pre-cable television/internet/cynical tween environment, and serving it like you were the the Keystone Cops to a group of 20 ten year olds. I'm moving to Santa Clara! |
i loved that place. there was one in the staten island mall and we would always go it. i would rather go there than to a freakin' applebee's.
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There was one in East Brunswick too. I always remember them hitting the big bass drum in the middle of the restaurant during a birthday or a celebration. Because of the architecture of the Brunswick Square mall, you had to go through a tunnel before you got in there (don't ask)
It's now a scrubs store. |
and after perusing the website, I know Farrell's is dedicated to old-timey nostaglia, but that doesn't include web design from the mid-90's. Jeez...
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I loved Farrells. They had a thing called "the Zoo", and it was this huge silver bowl full of ice cream for like 5 people, and they'd bring it out on a stretcher and all the lights in the place would flash and the waiters would run it around the restaurant blowing kazoos.
Good times. |
I thought this thread was going to be about this cokie:http://www.sirius.com/servlet/BlobSe...=1154618252106
Shake it up. How can I be the man... |
Farrells was Fucking Awsome
As Stugots Said, there was one in Staten Island. There would be a Candy Store oin the Front with all cool Candy Choices. Then a Kick Ass Restaurant with a Dessert menu, that can match any place in the world. The Kicker was that they gave you a Free Sundae on your Burfday( plus a big Brass Drum . I would get 6 or 7 a year until I was flagged as a Fatty who wanted free Ice Cream They placed a Red Robin in its place, I loved Red Robin, but it and Staten Island didnt mix, now we have 87 Applebees and no cool chains This Rant is Over :king: |
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We lived for the one at Springfield Mall. ALWAYS got "The Zoo." ALWAYS ate too much. I remember coming back from college and seeing it had closed completely broke my heard |
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howcanibethemanwhenyoutheman shakeitup!!!!
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i believe there was one in or near the Paramus Mall. went there a couple times as a kid...
i liked the ice cream i'm sure but I remember thinking the 'singing birthday siren' thing was corny and weird, even as a kid... didn't they bring out a big bucket of ice cream or something like that |
had a many birthday parties at farrell's
loved it when they used to bang the gong i think there's a chevy's there now where farrell's used to be |
The one in the staten island mall had a player piano.
An amazing day was getting a t-shirt with a cool iron-on in the honeycomb and then checking out the piano at Farrell's |
shake it up!
i miss hiss crappy voice in the morning |
We had a Farrell's when I was growing up in the 70s, right outside of D.C., I think in Bethesda MD, in a strip mall. We went there all the time, and as a kid the place was really cool. The birthday parties were pretty loud and crazy for a bunch of kids. I remember my sister had a party there once, and had a huge bowl filled with like 15 scoops of ice cream.
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I remember projectile vomiting after eating a "pig trough" in Portland Or. Good times!
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I had no Idea the place existed...but I would have loved it.
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Looking for original Woodfield employees
Does anyone know somebody who started working when the Woodfield Mall store in Schaumburg, IL opened in 1971? We're looking for old employees for a reunion.
Email me at buzz1953@aol.com Thanks. Mike McGee |
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