Friendly's Ice Cream, LLC is the owner and operator of the Friendly's restaurant chain on the United States' East Coast. Freindly's was founded in 1935 in Springfield, Massachusetts by brothers Curtis Blake and S. Prestley Blake. The Company is known for indulgent ice cream, great food and its family-friendly atmosphere. Friendly's has 10,000 employees; John M. Maguire is the CEO.

A total of 380 Friendly's restaurants are found in 16 U.S. states: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia.

Friendly’s was founded in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression by brothers Prestley and Curtis Blake in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Blake brothers opened a small ice cream shoppe named "Friendly", selling double-dip cones for 5 cents each. In 1940, a second Friendly in West Springfield was opened with an expanded food menu. During World War II, the Blakes closed the business until the war's end. By 1951, 10 Friendly's were operating in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. The expansion of the company led to the move of headquarters from Springfield to Wilbraham in 1960. By 1974 the chain had grown to 500 restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. That year, a food processing and distribution plant opened in Troy, Ohio.

Friendly means acting in a non-threatening manner toward and/or showing kindness to someone, as a friend would behave. Thus friendly implies a mode of friendship as distinct from amiable or genial. Professional service is expected to be amiable or genial but not necessarily friendly. The opposite is unfriendly or even hostile.

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