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[madbaker]

Anyone else remember Farrell's? My parents never let me have a Zoo, and by the time I was old enough to get one on my own, they were gone. (Farrell's, not my parents.)

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[falzalot.livejournal.com]

Dude, we got a zoo at almost every birthday party! And my brother had one of those "I made a pig out of myself" ribbons. :->

[viking-food-guy.livejournal.com]

I remember going to the Farrell's in Portland when we were in college. Some friends of my wife told the staff it was her birthday just to cause a scene. She was suitable embarrassed. :)

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

There still is a Farrell's, owned by the original Steve Farrell, in Northampton, MA. It doesn't have a zoo, but it has stuffed bears eating ice cream in its window. (The same ones from 25 years ago.)

[callistotoni.livejournal.com]

Yup. There was one in San Mateo, where I grew up. We went there a lot when I was in middle school and high school. My favorite was their Gibson Girl Sunday, which I'm sure my system could not handle anymore. :-/

Loved those little plastic animals!

[the-cheese-lady.livejournal.com]

My brother worked in the Springfield, VA location when he was in high school. They closed it back in '89 or '90. I still miss it. :(

[aastg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Farrell's - only got to help with a Zoo once. We had McCallum's in Albany - they had a big mess of a thing called a Sink. De rigeur for birthday gluttony...

[tafelspitz.livejournal.com]

Our local Farrell's was the one that the F-86 Sabre Jet piled into. (Situating it right at the end of the airport's runway wasn't the smartest thing.) My favorites were the Tin Roof Sundae - 85 cents, and the large ice cream soda - $1.05. The later came in a big beer goblet and had a scoop of ice cream hanging on the rim.

Eugene, Oregon also has/had a Farrell's that went feral. Up until about 1990 it was a Farrell's. When the franchise collapsed, they just changed the name to the Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlor, kept the livery and menu, and continued doing business the same old way.

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

I totally miss Farrels. the decore, the player piano, the sense of FRENZY!!! the penny candy barrels....

I was never a Zoo fan...all the ice cream flavors melted together. uck! but the plastic animals were cool. I always got a banana split :)

perhaps its an idea whos time has returned...I wonder if we could get a franchise up here? its kinda like coldstone creamerie but more Olde Tymee :)

[hyla-regilla.livejournal.com]

I remember!

Oink! Oink! Squeal!

[caprine.livejournal.com]

I loved it when they ran the birthday sundae back and forth down the aisles with sirens and big drums!

We had two in San Diego until the mid-nineties.