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The Friendly's ice cream shop and restaurant at Cook’s Corner in Brunswick closed abruptly Monday. A sign on the door of the locked building Tuesday reads, “To our valued customers: We are sorry to inform you that we have closed our doors for business.” In October 2011, the company closed 63 restaurants — including sites in Freeport, Ellsworth and Lewiston — after filing for bankruptcy. Following that announcement, the Bangor Daily News reported that the company, Friendly Ice Cream Corp., of Wilbraham, Mass., had secured $70 million in financing and that it would keep 424 remaining restaurants open. Attempts to contact representatives of the Brunswick branch proved unsuccessful Tuesday and this morning. Calls to the Friendly Ice Cream Corp. home office in Massachusetts were not returned by press time. (Darren Fishell / The Times Record)
The Friendly’s ice cream shop and restaurant at Cook’s Corner in Brunswick closed abruptly Monday. A sign on the door of the locked building Tuesday reads, “To our valued customers: We are sorry to inform you that we have closed our doors for business.” In October 2011, the company closed 63 restaurants — including sites in Freeport, Ellsworth and Lewiston — after filing for bankruptcy. Following that announcement, the Bangor Daily News reported that the company, Friendly Ice Cream Corp., of Wilbraham, Mass., had secured $70 million in financing and that it would keep 424 remaining restaurants open. Attempts to contact representatives of the Brunswick branch proved unsuccessful Tuesday and this morning. Calls to the Friendly Ice Cream Corp. home office in Massachusetts were not returned by press time. (Darren Fishell / The Times Record)


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