"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:49:52 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:51:59 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:17:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>I used to get a Tin Roof at Farrells. They didn't call it hot although
>>>>>it
>>>>>had hot fudge and peanuts in it. I think they were Spanish peanuts.
>>>>
>>>> Farrells was a great place to go after basketball games in high
>>>> school. It was always a good time.
>>>
>>> Was Ferrells anything like Freindly's? Kinda like a Denny's with Ice
>>> Cream and better service. Looks like they dried up, at least in
>>> Pittsburgh.
>>
>> No. I have been at Friendly's. It's more like a regular restaurant.
>
> Freidnly's and Denny's are both regular restaurants (for the most
> part).
>>
>> Farrell's was designed to be old timey even down to the wait staff's
>> uniforms.
>
> Exactly like Friendly's.
>
>> The only other similar place that I know of was the Great American Food
>> And
>> Beverage Company.
>
> It sounds a lot like Howard Johnson's. Which was a lot a lot like
> Friendly's.

I never ate at a Howard Johnsons. I only just had a quick drink in there.
My dad deemed their prices to be too much for lunch. So he wouldn't let us
stay. But they seemed rather ordinary to me.