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He and his younger brother opened the first Friendly ice cream parlor in 1935, parlaying the profits from five-cent double-dip cones into a sprawling empire of eateries.
S. Prestley Blake, a Founder of Friendlyâs, Dies at 106 With a $547 loan from their parents, he and a brother opened the Friendly Ice Cream Shop in 1935, then built it into a chain of hundreds of restaurants. S. Prestley Blake outside a Friendly’s restaurant in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in 2001. He and his brother started the business with a $547 loan from their parents.Credit...Gary I. Rothstein Published Feb. 12, 2021Updated Feb. 16, 2021 S. Prestley Blake, who with his brother built a Massachusetts ice cream shop into the Friendlyâs restaurant chain, sold it for a huge profit in th...