We hung out at Bonds in the late 60s. Phone: +1 973-746-5666. Lines are long but worth its wait. I remember sharing mine with my daughter in the 70s. A milkshake is just that, milk and syrup whipped like a cabinet but not with ice cream. The hamburgers, the little cup of sherbet (the best!) I LOVED Awful Awfuls!!!!! Soon after, a successful business deal with two growing eateries Friendly (at that time, sans s) and Newport Creamery spread the Awful Awful throughoutNew England. All I can find was that it was on Valley. I to grew up in Upper Montclair and frequently went to Bonds for an awlful-awful and burger. Turns out, the Fribble, at one time, wasnt called a Fribble either. After the game several of us would drive to Willimantic and Friendlys for a burger and a chocolate Awful Awful, my favorite. The best news for the old-fashioned Fribble lovers, though, is that the original recipe lives on. Goodwins is long since gone but the memories are still great! The local Bonds is now a Bank of America and so much was lost when they closed. It seems that there was also one in Clifton in Styretowne. The last day of school in June was the day wed squeeze into the Chevy Greenbrier van for the trip to Bonds. (07:56 AM), Bridge & Tunnel Alert The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) to NY is planned to close at 9:00 am due to the low volume of traffic. Well, I grew up in Springfield, MA, and remember the Awful Awful at Friendly, before the name change. I remember the little of sherbut and the reasonable prices. The glass was then put on a shake mixing machine. Every Sunday night we order hamburgers and Awful Awfuls and my dad would go and pick them up. Love the different terminology of the East Coast. I made a pilgrimage there (Providence) a few years back to have one and purchase some Awful Awful plastic cups that were sent to family and friends (I think they thought I had a loose screw when I asked if I could buy six Awful Awful glasses. Delicious! If either entity took itsbusiness into New Jersey, the drinks name would have to be changed. As a former Upper Montclair resident, Bonds not only had the best Aweful Awefuls, but also great burgers, etc! Some other names making that list were Baumgart's in Englewood, Conrad's in Westwood, Van Dyk's in Ridgewood and Holsten's in Bloomfield, all of which are still around. Phone: +1 908-964-3585, Address: 2933 Vauxhall Rd, Vauxhall, NJ 07088 ", Bond's closed in 1973, seven years after the death of its founder, George C. Bond of Upper Montclair, who also served as president of the College Development Fund Board at Montclair State College. Ive been trying to find a place ever since. My Grandmother lived in Providence, RI and was a regular at Newport Creamery and always ordered the Awful Awful.

Phone: 9088101686, Address: 2580 Springfield Ave, Vauxhall, NJ 07088-1013 We also used to go to the Grunings on Bloomfield Ave. where my father always took us for the hand-packed pistachio or coffee ice cream. My dad had to translate for us and finally they nodded in understanding and made us our milkshakes., And then they said, Sorrythe shake machines broken.. What a great tribute !!!! Friday night basketball games were the highlight of the week. (09:41 AM), M and E train #808, the 9:20 AM arrival into Hoboken, is up to 15 min. my name was on the wall for the 3 awful awful but I never finished a pigs dinner ( a giant banana split) great memories. We were very disappointed one night when we were told it was now a Fribble. You are the only one who had cream cheese/ olive sandwich besides me. Behind the counter is Jack ONeil, wearing a white shirt and about to don a spiffy, though decades-old, black bow-tie. I wish I could have enjoyed one with him. In the 1990s, it traded in its ice milk for soft-serve, and more recently, traded in the soft-serve for hard ice cream. Friendlys served an ice milk copy called a Frizzle. Address: Valley Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 007043 I lived in Passaic and we would go the Bonds in CLifton by Rizzuto-Berra bowling alley and Rowe-Manse store was in front. I worked in a Newport Creamery in Pawtucket, RI in 1958 and 1959 and made many Awful Awfuls always with 3 large scoops of frozen milk plus milk and syrup to provide flavor. Phone: Address: 148 Valley Rd , Montclair , NJ 07042-2383 In my family, there is not one event where the awful awful is not mentioned, and we lived near Applegates too for over 50 years. I wish they would make their way west. We had a Newport Creamery a block away when I was growing up. One of my best early childhood memories growing up in New England! Whatever happened to instant coffee pudding? We also made cabinets using the traditional RI recipe of icecream syrup and milk. If fell off the tray right into the ladies open pocketbook.

sullymfmdoc: 2022. Really, though, the Awful Awful is anything but. For the first minute or two, the contents did not move; then, it started to rotate very slowly, eventually speeding up as the ice cream softened. But while Bischoff's remains, several other local favorites, like the Old Barn Milk Bar in Wayne the subject of one of our firstThen and Nowcolumns last year are long gone. We would go to our local Friendly and get a Bloody Big Beef* and an Coffee Awful Awful, please *Bloody Big Beef was a rare, square hamburger served in a toast sandwich. I grew up in the late 60s, early 70s, and Upper Montclair, my Home Town in New Jersey, had a Bonds on the street that I lived! We called those delicious drinks milk shakes and they were always made with hard ice cream, milk and syrup. Regarding the Awful Awful which we have lived with in RI for as long as I can remember is a staple. No. Dont think I could finish one now but Id sure like to try. Also remember field trips to the plant. Upper Newton Falls, I spent first few years in Lower Newton Falls on Ashville Rd. (08:41 AM), Continuing until Friday, September 2, from 9:30AM until 3:30PM each weekday, Gladstone Branch trains will be replac (08:41 AM), M and E train #6314, the 8:02AM arrival into PSNY, Is up to 20 min. We had a lot of regulars who were real characters! ' document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This setting should only be used on your home or work computer. I grew up in Cedar Grove in the sixties and then North Caldwell in the 70s. I grabbed as much as I could as quickly as I could but I could not get it all. I also had Awful Awfuls along with Cream Cheese and Olive sandwiches. (05:36 PM), Morris and Essex train #6658, the 5:31 PM arrival into PSNY, is up to 15 min. We always went to the Newport Creamery which still exists on Bellevue Avenue. The meat market had saw dust on the floors and the shoe store had a huge tennis shoe from a famous basketball player over the door. I never finished one. What memories!! Perhaps that's because, as the Bond's menu dutifully explained, "There is no other food so closely associated with happiness as ice cream.". USA. Hes the guy who from 1961 to 1969 was behind the counter of his very own Bonds Ice Cream in Verona, one of a half-dozen parlors now the stuff of New Jersey legend. The closest I can think of to this drink is the Dairy Queen Blizzard, but the Awful Awful was the best! I moved to Wayland, Mass and graduated from hs in the class of 1961. I could never finish it,but it was sooooo good. late due to congestion from train #485. (Newport Creamery purchased the recipe and trademark after Bond's closed its doors. Theres the towering plastic Awful Awful glass, with a little sign reading TIPS next to the cash register. The whold process took at least 5 minutes. It was delicious! In the late 1950s and early 60s our high school was, and still is, made up from three towns. He didnt drink Awful Awfuls. Drink THREE and get the forth one free is correct, never did myself. My wife of 52 years and counting and I would go there when we were out on a date. Sounds like a bunch of Mounties remember Bonds! Cedar Grove resident Peter Wolf, who worked in the Upper Montclair Bond's in the summer of 1971, has fond memories of the restaurant. Exactly. So delicious. Cuisine: I just discovered this article a true trip down memory lane! We had the first Friendlys in Longmeadow, Mass, where the Blake brothers, the owners, lived. Phone: +1 201-661-8383, Address: 2235 Springfield Ave, Vauxhall, NJ 07088-1100 Phone: Pi6-3466. (09:28 AM), Bridge & Tunnel Alert The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) to NY is planned to close at 9:00 am due to the low volume of traffic. Get once-daily headlines and occasional breaking news in your inbox.

And ice milk is not soft serveice milk that we used at Friendlys was without color and anything but creamy ! Use to go there and have their Sissy Splits and Awful Awfuls. Great guy! Yummo!!!!! A milkshake is whole milk and syrup, buzzed up to a frothy goodness. This younger generation missed out on a delicious creation!!!! Can still recall the freezing euphoria in my mouth as I tried to suck the blissfully thick liquid from the cardboard cup or better yet feel the ribs on the plastic in store container! (08:31 AM), Bridge & Tunnel Alert Correction The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) to NY is planned to close at 9:30 am due to the low volume of traffic. Meanwhile, miles away, another local legend, Bond's, was serving up burgers, sundaes and its trademark Awful Awful (as in "awful big, awful good") milkshakes. They are. Phone: +1 973-509-8226, Address: 197 Bellevue Ave, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-1820 Susan Bond and I were friends from kindergarten until her family moved in 1965. Montclair Farmers Market To Open June 14, Weekend Arts & Entertainment Calendar: June 29 July 2, Montclair Historic Preservation Commission Reviews Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment Plan, MontClairVoyant: The Art of the Squeal About Arts-Related Topics, Take Action To Help Montclair Brewery Get Mandates That Limit Events Rescinded, Walk, Talk, Taste Walking Tour with Montclair History Center, Bridge & Tunnel Alert The Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) to NY is planned to close at 9:00am due to the low volume of traffic. (08:21 PM), MOBO train #6291, the 7:37 PM departure from PSNY, is currently delayed due to mechanical issues. I remember making (7 drinking) Awful Awfuls when I worked at the Newport Creamery in Newton Upper Falls, MA. Thanks for awakening some old memories! "I started eating here with my folks in the 1950s!! When I was young my parents enrolled me in a local dance school to learn the waltz, foxtrot etc etc. We had one next to our High School and would go there all the time. i believe that if you could drink two, they gave you a free awful awful. As a young kid I was told a milkshake had no ice cream, and a frappe had ice cream. (07:36 AM). Coffee Awful Awful was my required drink, hamburger was optional. After all, a Fribble made with hard ice cream can be made with any of Friendlys 60+ flavors. Stewards Dairy in Rutland, Vermont had an Awful Awful when I was growing up there in the 40s through the 70s. For too many years, I lived under the impression that what the rest of the world called a milkshake was actually supposed to be called a Fribble. My childhood self liked the way the word sounded, and decided that my local Friendlys had demonstrated enough expertise in all matters of ice cream that everybody else just simply must be wrong. (08:48 AM), Good morning the 715 33M will not be operating this morning. Wish I could find olive spread in a jar again.. I miss him, yet another great Jersey guy. This post was first published in 2016 and has been updated. "If you drank three," Wolf said, "the fourth one was free. He became the center on the high school state champion team. Awful big, Awful good.. Close enough for me. The church was St Joan of Arc on Lincoln Street and Friendlys was on Lincoln Street, as wellour manager was Hank and the asst manager, Richardgreat guys. Woodstock was Snoopys little bird-friend. I remember the Awful Awful, BUT at Friendlys. 9 FILED, REGISTERED - SEC. I actually used to work at a Newport Creamery in High School for 2 years. The only problem I had was trying to pick what flavor , I wanted", "Its the Best,, takes me back to the days of going to BondsI also miss the hambergers with the little side of sherbert", "Makes you crave for more.