The last remaining Friendly’s restaurant in Rhode Island has closed.A sign on the door of the restaurant in on Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence announced the news, the Providence Journal reported.“We apologize for disappointing you on this visit, but this location is now closed for business,” the sign says.The company said it is working to relocate the restaurant's employees and directed customers to nearby Massachusetts locations in Attleboro and Swansea.When the chain emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2012, it had 254 restaurants. At its peak in the 1980s, there were more than 700 Friendly’s locations.There are now less than 180 remaining Friendly's restaurants.The Wilbraham-based chain was founded in 1935 by Springfield brothers S. Prestley and Curtis Blake.

The last remaining Friendly’s restaurant in Rhode Island has closed.

A sign on the door of the restaurant in on Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence announced the news, the Providence Journal reported.



“We apologize for disappointing you on this visit, but this location is now closed for business,” the sign says.

The company said it is working to relocate the restaurant's employees and directed customers to nearby Massachusetts locations in Attleboro and Swansea.

When the chain emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2012, it had 254 restaurants. At its peak in the 1980s, there were more than 700 Friendly’s locations.



There are now less than 180 remaining Friendly's restaurants.

The Wilbraham-based chain was founded in 1935 by Springfield brothers S. Prestley and Curtis Blake.