Abandoned Friendly's Restaurant - Camp Hill, PA

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  • Abandoned Friendly's Restaurant - Camp Hill, PA. Recently closed. This chain of restaurants has slowly been closing locations as they've been struggling to compete with other chain restaurants.
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  • @BradCaldwell
    @BradCaldwell 2 місяці тому +2

    It’s a good thing you caught this one when you did. Just saw that it’s being torn down.

  • @lindamikel1842
    @lindamikel1842 3 місяці тому +4

    Very Awesome indeed find abandoned Friendly's restaurants that is really cool place I never been here and had to go on get something to eat.

  • @slackingpacking
    @slackingpacking 3 місяці тому +9

    We lost all of ours in Ohio. They always had a good food.

    • @neohistoryfan1014
      @neohistoryfan1014 3 місяці тому

      I remember the one in Fairlawn, which is a now-closed sports bar

    • @cen2zero
      @cen2zero 3 місяці тому

      Really? I’m from MA and they’re everywhere.

  • @dronerob
    @dronerob 3 місяці тому +6

    Thumbs Up!

  • @ThatPAScratcherGuy
    @ThatPAScratcherGuy 3 місяці тому +5

    The thing on the roof: weather vane

  • @DiannaW425
    @DiannaW425 3 місяці тому +5

    There was one on Cochran Rd Mt. Lebanon many years ago. I’m really showing my age that I can vividly remember that lol.

  • @Asher10-Abandoned-Buildings
    @Asher10-Abandoned-Buildings 3 місяці тому +3

    Oh my gosh what are the odds I told in urban explorer to go to the same exact same place today before you posted this video and you weren’t here that’s crazy!! Anyways awesome video Wallie!! as always stay awesome!

    • @DK107
      @DK107 3 місяці тому

      I know Holiday Studios likes this video. You know, cause he likes friendlys a lot.

    • @Asher10-Abandoned-Buildings
      @Asher10-Abandoned-Buildings 3 місяці тому

      yea lmao!

  • @ericbechler9903
    @ericbechler9903 3 місяці тому +4

    Nice wallie
    ❤❤

  • @cheaplaughkennedy2318
    @cheaplaughkennedy2318 3 місяці тому +4

    Wife and I were just there last week in Gettysburg and have ate at that Friendly’s there. Wallie I remember the Home Sweet Home motel , we stayed there a couple of times too before it was torn down. I really wanted to move to Gettysburg. We ate at the Lincoln Diner when we were there. You really travel a lot , very cool. Lol

  • @DiannaW425
    @DiannaW425 3 місяці тому +5

    I always liked Friendly’s. They have two in Myrtle Beach that I have gone to when I’m in the area.

    • @zoefaith120
      @zoefaith120 3 місяці тому +1

      Yep, yes we do one on the blvd across from the ocean.

  • @hbhymen
    @hbhymen 3 місяці тому +2

    My wife and I used to go to this Friendly's in the late 90s when we lived in Lemoyne. Sad to see how it is now.

  • @paul-roblox5174
    @paul-roblox5174 3 місяці тому +6

    That Friendly's building looks awesome, to me it doesn't look like shoe box it looks like has awesome character, I hope when next business they keep that awesome looks on that building because sadly you get to see buildings look that anymore

  • @carlashepherd9362
    @carlashepherd9362 3 місяці тому +1

    It’s always sad to see a business close! Cool video as usual! 👍👍🤘❤️

  • @danieljwilson7918
    @danieljwilson7918 3 місяці тому

    Friendlys brings back so many memories for me. We originally had 2 of them here in Lockport NY. One in the Lockport Mall and one in downtown Lockport City. Many memories with my grandmother and also with my gf Terri since we have been together for so long. Both locations of course are long gone now but so many memories both from my childhood and adult years. Thanks Wallie for another great video!!!!!

  • @Rich_Mantz
    @Rich_Mantz 3 місяці тому +5

    According to the local news, the Friendly's closed September 22, 2024.
    A Mr. Beast Burger has already moved in and opened. I didn't find the opening date, but it was October.
    I mentioned this before, the Popeyes at 1900 N Cameron St, Harrisburg, PA 17103 is still closed. It has been closed since April 2023. In a recent development, the outside lights were turned off within the last month and the vegetation overgrowth has been cut.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  3 місяці тому +1

      I wish I would have had more time in the area that day because I would have filmed it but my time was seriously crunched due to my obligations with KMFDM and Morlocks. But I come out there from time to time! My cousin lives there and I have an aunt in Mechanicsburg. So I need to come out soon so I can see them. I have this location written down in my notebook so I remember to do it! This Friendly's just happened to be a surprise video as I was driving right past it while running around for Morlocks. Haha

    • @Rich_Mantz
      @Rich_Mantz 2 місяці тому

      I was wrong about the Mr. Beast Burger. Google Maps is showing it there, with operating hours. There was an article in our local news about it. But I just saw, the building was torn down today.

  • @703am
    @703am 3 місяці тому +1

    haven't been to Gettysburg in several years and the Friendly's there was always on my list of places to eat, good to hear it's still open

  • @Neonmoon12
    @Neonmoon12 3 місяці тому +3

    Cool

  • @jet34thehawk
    @jet34thehawk 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome 👌 video ❤ man ❤

  • @sunshinenicki29
    @sunshinenicki29 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely love Friendlys. When I spent time in Ct in the early 80’s, my dad and grandparents would take me there. We had one in Knoxville many, many, many years ago. Think it lasted 2 yrs. Hate that it closed.

  • @melodybeitzel5378
    @melodybeitzel5378 3 місяці тому +2

    Another great video 😊

  • @lisafreeman4222
    @lisafreeman4222 3 місяці тому +2

    Cool place

  • @cierrakaiser564
    @cierrakaiser564 3 місяці тому +4

    The thing on the top of the tower is a weather vane.

  • @autumnmarkle
    @autumnmarkle 3 місяці тому +4

    it’s sad all these classic fast food places are going out of business

  • @alanlough638
    @alanlough638 3 місяці тому +1

    An awesome video, Wallie! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I like the building's aesthetics. Honestly, I've never heard of Friendly's restaurant, as I've never traveled to where Friendly's is located.

  • @WiseOwl-1909
    @WiseOwl-1909 3 місяці тому +1

    Have a good time the weather looks nice, the building looks similar to a Homestead.
    Thanks for another video, 🏪 😆🖖

  • @neo6289
    @neo6289 3 місяці тому +1

    thanks wallie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @erinfiore949
    @erinfiore949 3 місяці тому +1

    I love your videos. I recently just subscribed. I used to explore some abandoned places with my dad when I was little. So I love watching abandoned places exploration on you tube.

  • @elizabethorsillo7187
    @elizabethorsillo7187 3 місяці тому +2

    The Friendly’s in Danville, PA is still open, too! The closest one to western Pennsylvania was in Poland, Ohio. And it’s been gone for a really long time!

  • @cadefennell3891
    @cadefennell3891 3 місяці тому +2

    Grew up going there as a kid. A shame. The chain really went down hill

  • @joetaylorchristmastree2866
    @joetaylorchristmastree2866 3 місяці тому +3

    Everything is awesome I love your videos keep make more new Christmas videos ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

  • @N3PRO-Dave
    @N3PRO-Dave 3 місяці тому +1

    You keep getting near me, one of these times I'm going to catch you. That Friendly's is where my wife and I had our first date. There used to be a group of us would meet there after church on Wednesdays in the min 90's. Great memories but, yeah it has been fading sadly.

  • @shainahullihen1159
    @shainahullihen1159 3 місяці тому +1

    I love Friendlys. Their ice cream is so good. They have one in Centerville, near the Giant. I have been to the battlefield in Gettysburg in 5th grade. I don't remember much of my field trip there though.

  • @chriscambell7988
    @chriscambell7988 3 місяці тому +1

    I was a manager at Friendlys. Loved working there. Too bad they have declined so much over the years. Only one left in NY. The one I worked at

  • @danestegman155
    @danestegman155 3 місяці тому +1

    Another great video! I miss Friendly's here in New York! I always thought they had good food! You did not ring the bell, at the back of this Friendly's building!

  • @JOHNJ0HN9111
    @JOHNJ0HN9111 3 місяці тому +4

    Need to do the one in fairlawn ohio.. was friendlys close in the late 90s and melt bar n grill bought it and just closed this summer after open maybe 8 years if not shorter..

    • @neohistoryfan1014
      @neohistoryfan1014 3 місяці тому

      That's the Friendly's I grew up with

    • @JOHNJ0HN9111
      @JOHNJ0HN9111 3 місяці тому

      @@neohistoryfan1014 IT WAS IN SUMMIT MALL FIRST BEFORE THEY BUILD A PLACE OF ITS OWN

    • @neohistoryfan1014
      @neohistoryfan1014 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JOHNJ0HN9111 I do not remember it being at the mall, but I do remember the standalone location in Montrose, which is a now-closed branch of Lakewood (Cleveland)-based Melt Bar & Grilled. I just went by it today and have no idea what will move in.

    • @JOHNJ0HN9111
      @JOHNJ0HN9111 3 місяці тому

      @neohistoryfan1014 ya it was at the end next to the men's Dillard's and closed in the early 90s to open the new spot..

    • @neohistoryfan1014
      @neohistoryfan1014 3 місяці тому

      @@JOHNJ0HN9111 is that where a shoe store is now?

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 2 місяці тому

    I ate at this restaurant about a year before it closed, and I didn't even know it was closed until I saw this video on my feed.

  • @chrislemaster2695
    @chrislemaster2695 3 місяці тому +2

    The booth seats remind me of a late 90's Big Kmart.

  • @williamlindner3984
    @williamlindner3984 3 місяці тому +1

    The Friendly's in York is still open.. It's a little west on Rt. 30 from the Taco Bell video you did a few months ago.. I ate in the Camp Hill Friendly's quite a few times, when I lived in the area... The Salvation Army had a large store down the street . I used to eat at Friendly's and do some shopping after.

  • @tricountyretail992
    @tricountyretail992 3 місяці тому

    The old Friendly's in Orlando, FL recently closed as well. The building is nearly identical to this one. Now there are only two left in the state.

  • @jeremybuerge5984
    @jeremybuerge5984 3 місяці тому +1

    We ate at that Friendly's in August on our way to NY. How sad I used to eat at Friendly's all the time growing up.

  • @helenr991
    @helenr991 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Wallie 👍✌️

  • @anthonycoach4551
    @anthonycoach4551 3 місяці тому +1

    Wallie the thing on top of the tower is called a directional Wind Vain..an holy crap 3:15 a gallon for gas at the Sunoco station there wow id like go fill up 100 cans there and drive back here with a barrel full for that price..

  • @bridgetraveler7700
    @bridgetraveler7700 3 місяці тому +1

    The wind indicate that spins around is called a weathervane on top of buildings. If you look at how it's made on UA-cam you can see how weathervanes are made the old school way.

  • @jimmysouders5640
    @jimmysouders5640 3 місяці тому +4

    We had a friendly's here in Allentown Pennsylvania on airport road it's been closed for a year

  • @dimitriberozny3729
    @dimitriberozny3729 3 місяці тому +3

    When Hershey acquired them in the late 1980’s,this corporation started dying. High 5 didn’t help either in the millennium and the original owners bought them back when the brothers were in their late 80’s age wise. Now some business capital group that doesn’t know a hamburger from a cow poop operates Friendly’s!!

  • @robz5569
    @robz5569 3 місяці тому +2

    They used to be a Dutch pantry located on that site before Friendly’s

  • @BigMhatty
    @BigMhatty 3 місяці тому +1

    That closure was definitely specific to that location. It had a bad reputation for slow service, rude staff, and they never did any community fundraiser nights. I didn’t mind the place but my wife and mother in law would only ever cross the river to the east shore Friendly’s.

  • @Tfan48
    @Tfan48 3 місяці тому

    We have four abandoned cvs locations in northeast Ohio. Cleveland heights Mayfield village, mayfield heights, and South Euclid. Many of them have closed in the past two years.

  • @ValeriaBednar-ki4ht
    @ValeriaBednar-ki4ht 3 місяці тому

    I remember the one in Gettysburg...🥹🥲♥️

  • @DK107
    @DK107 3 місяці тому

    Holiday Studios gettin happy with this one!

  • @jamesandjenreslink7552
    @jamesandjenreslink7552 3 місяці тому +5

    The weather thing is called a weather vain. A friendly reminder 😊

  • @philipmclaughlin9636
    @philipmclaughlin9636 2 місяці тому

    Man you just made it. Yesterday I drove by and they were tearing the building down.

  • @dimitriberozny3729
    @dimitriberozny3729 3 місяці тому +2

    What do you expect in Harrisburg!!

  • @nickstrong7216
    @nickstrong7216 3 місяці тому +5

    First view and like

  • @chrispa9573
    @chrispa9573 3 місяці тому +5

    I work near there.

  • @DennisHabecker707
    @DennisHabecker707 3 місяці тому +1

    Awesome video great job I'm a Subscribe

  • @retailexplorationwithdanny8070
    @retailexplorationwithdanny8070 2 місяці тому +1

    5:06 a Wind Vane

  • @LoriBarker-r9c
    @LoriBarker-r9c 3 місяці тому +1

    Just went by today, and someone is in there working on remodeling. Hope it is something other than a bank.

  • @timothywalker4563
    @timothywalker4563 3 місяці тому

    Weather vane with the N.S.E.W arrows.

  • @chriscambell7988
    @chriscambell7988 3 місяці тому

    Western PA had Shoneys, Eat N Park, Kings. Friendlys didn’t dare tread in these parts

  • @PowerpuffU_2013
    @PowerpuffU_2013 2 місяці тому

    TGIF gone Borderline Bankrupt, Will you hit closing ones up? NJ might have A lot, like Cherry Hill, & Marlton NJ definitely.

  • @MotocrossGuru-zf8pk
    @MotocrossGuru-zf8pk 2 місяці тому

    do more abandoned businesses in harrisburg area walley

  • @evanwilliams6406
    @evanwilliams6406 3 місяці тому +2

    A weathervane?

  • @Tailwhip222
    @Tailwhip222 3 місяці тому +1

    lol weathervane :)

  • @laurencemcroberts3978
    @laurencemcroberts3978 3 місяці тому

    i used 2 work in 1 in baltimore,ant night i used 2 get 2 eat the leftover food and icecream

  • @frankers8935
    @frankers8935 3 місяці тому

    I have a still going strong Friendly’s that’s been around forever 5 minutes from my house it’s the last one in the state

  • @jeffbouchez5134
    @jeffbouchez5134 2 місяці тому

    depending on what city you live in in America all good restaurants are closing up because the generation of 20 and 30 year old's want extremely expensive food where you only get a tablespoons of food and then go home and complain about how you got ripped off and yet they don't work

  • @erinfiore949
    @erinfiore949 3 місяці тому

    It's called a steeple

  • @pattyheitzman8635
    @pattyheitzman8635 3 місяці тому

    The answer to your question is weather vane.

  • @MikeLutton
    @MikeLutton 3 місяці тому

    can anyone make out what the Permit says

    • @Rich_Mantz
      @Rich_Mantz 3 місяці тому +2

      It is now a Mr. Beast Burger

  • @robertmailhos8159
    @robertmailhos8159 3 місяці тому +1

    The economy is being a unfriendly friend to a lot of restaurants 😮😢 that is a wether vane on top of the building

  • @TheJD2024
    @TheJD2024 3 місяці тому

    Weathervane

  • @mikelevesque6126
    @mikelevesque6126 3 місяці тому

    Weather vain

  • @robz5569
    @robz5569 3 місяці тому +1

    They used to be a Dutch pantry located on that site before Friendly’s