Mount Kisco Friendly's Closed: News Report

J & B Restaurant Partners of NY has closed several local Friendly’s restaurants, including the one in Mount Kisco, according to The Journal News.

The company holds the franchise for many Friendly’s in the tri-state region. It filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011, the paper said.

Friendly’s restaurants have been closing across the country since the corporation filed for bankruptcy three years ago, much to the sorrow of loyal customers.

In addition to the Mount Kisco location, Friendly’s restaurants in Yorktown and Yonkers were also closed and restaurants in Hartsdale and Suffern didn’t answer their phones Friday, reporter Ernie Garcia wrote on lohud.com.

The restaurant chain started as Friendly Ice Cream in Springfield, Mass. in 1935.