Newport Creamery - wikipedia Newport Creamery Inside the Newport Creamery in Barrington, Rhode Island Newport Creamery is a chain of restaurants in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the `` Awful Awful '' milkshake. The company is based in Middletown, Rhode Island. Contents 1 History 2 Awful Awful 3 References 4 External links History Newport Creamery began with Samuel Rector 's Newport, Rhode Island dairy business in 1928. Rector began as a wholesaler and started home delivery in 1932. In 1940, Rector and his son opened their first restaurant in nearby Middletown, where the company is still headquartered. For its first 13 years, the restaurant sold only ice cream, adding other food to the menu in 1953. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was franchised, eventually expanding to 33 restaurants. In the late 1990s, the company ran into financial trouble, losing money, deferring maintenance, and closing 12 of its locations. In 1999 the Rector family sold the chain to Florida businessman, Robert Swain, for $7.6 million. Swain tried to expand the business 's geographic coverage into Massachusetts and Connecticut. The expansion was unsuccessful, and was followed by contraction. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000. In 2001, Jan Companies, a local Burger King franchisee, purchased the company for only $1.55 million. As of 2017 the company has 12 locations in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Awful Awful The chain is known for Awful Awful milkshakes, made from blended syrups and a proprietary ice milk. The drink started at the New Jersey - based chain, Bond 's, in the 1940s. The name comes from a Bond 's customer who called it `` awful big and awful good ''. In 1948, Bond 's licensed it to Newport Creamery and then to Massachusetts - based Friendly 's. The terms of the license mandated the two New England businesses not sell it in New Jersey, leading the expanding Friendly 's chain to rebrand it as a `` Fribble '', and later changing its formula to be more like a traditional milkshake with ice cream instead of ice milk. When Bond 's went out of business in the 1970s, Newport Creamery purchased the trademark and continues the serve the original recipe. References ^ Jump up to : `` NEWPORT CREAMERY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY ''. 28 June 2001. Jump up ^ Bourgault, Bethany ( July 31, 2017 ). `` Awful Awful -- A Classic Recipe, a Modern Favorite ''. New England Today. Jump up ^ Adam Ried ( 25 June 2012 ). Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes : 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home : 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes. W.W. Norton. pp. 81 --. ISBN 978 - 0 - 393 - 07890 - 9. ^ Jump up to : `` Rhode Island 's Awful Awful Love Affair : A History ''. New England Historical Society. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` newport - creamery ''. newport - creamery. Jump up ^ Linda Beaulieu ( 18 December 2012 ). Providence & Rhode Island Cookbook : Big Recipes from the Smallest State. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 268 --. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7627 - 9280 - 1. Jump up ^ Shannon Jackson Arnold ( 2004 ). Everybody Loves Ice Cream : The Whole Scoop on America 's Favorite Treat. Emmis Books. pp. 151 --. ISBN 978 - 1 - 57860 - 165 - 3. Jump up ^ `` Revered Ice Cream Establishment Finds Itself on the Brink ''. Fox News. Associated Press. July 27, 2001. Jump up ^ writer, RICHARD LEWIS, Associated Press. `` Newport Creamery has new owner ''. Jump up ^ `` Newport Creamery Locations ''. Newport Creamery. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Storrs, Francis ( August 24, 2013 ). `` Friendly 's : A Timeline ''. Boston Globe. Jump up ^ Directory of Chain Restaurant Operators. Business Guides, Incorporated. 1991. External links Newport Creamery The Jan Companies Coordinates : 41 ° 30 ′ 40.5 '' N 71 ° 18 ′ 10.2 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.511250 ° N 71.302833 ° W ﻿ / 41.511250 ; - 71.302833 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newport_Creamery&oldid=822855539 '' Categories : Companies based in Rhode Island Ice cream parlors Regional restaurant chains in the United States Restaurant franchises Restaurants established in 1940 Restaurants in Massachusetts Restaurants in Rhode Island Rhode Island culture Hidden categories : Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2017 All articles containing potentially dated statements Coordinates not on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 January 2018, at 22 : 18 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: which city had the first newport creamery restaurant
Answer: Middletown