Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor to open in Hawaii - Beyond Tiki

C Chongolio Member The Coast of Kauai Joined: Oct 02, 2002 Posts: 2765	C Chongolio Posted posted on Tue, Jun 6, 2006 7:11 AM Farrels was a blast. We had a lot of our parties as kids there. The one by our house in the valley had a player piano that was an endless source of fascination for me. They also had candy shop that was out of control and conveniently located by the register. My Mom spent bundles at that place and that is not counting the dental bills. One time she came out of the bathroom and accidentally tripped the one of the guys runnin' around with the zoo. The guy totally ate it and ice cream went flying. Can you imagine the lawsuits you would have now serving kids small choking sized plastic animals covered in syrup, ice cream and whipped cream. They can't possibly still do that can they!?? On 2006-06-05 18:21, Hakalugi wrote: If you could eat the whole thing by yourself they would give a you prize (probably a bottle of weight loss pills or a feather to tickle the back of your throat). Hakalugi, you are thinking of the Pig Trough. (nobody could possibly eat and entire zoo and live) If you ate the whole thing one of the ice cream slingers would come out make a big annoncement to the entire place that you ate the whole thing and give you an award ribbon that said "I made a pig of myself at farrells." At least that is the way it went down in the Woodland Hills Farrels. Not sure what the story was but that one's name was changed to Barrels. It was never the same and totally went downhill. They didn't even get a new sign. They just made the "F" of the old sign into a "B" and painted a crappy looking clown next to the name. Even as a kid I thought to myself "how chintzy is that? they don't even spring for a new sign." After that is was Swenson's all the way. I can't believe that Farrels is still around. Chongolio

Farrels was a blast. We had a lot of our parties as kids there. The one by our house in the valley had a player piano that was an endless source of fascination for me. They also had candy shop that was out of control and conveniently located by the register. My Mom spent bundles at that place and that is not counting the dental bills. One time she came out of the bathroom and accidentally tripped the one of the guys runnin' around with the zoo. The guy totally ate it and ice cream went flying. Can you imagine the lawsuits you would have now serving kids small choking sized plastic animals covered in syrup, ice cream and whipped cream. They can't possibly still do that can they!??

On 2006-06-05 18:21, Hakalugi wrote:
If you could eat the whole thing by yourself they would give a you prize (probably a bottle of weight loss pills or a feather to tickle the back of your throat).

Hakalugi, you are thinking of the Pig Trough. (nobody could possibly eat and entire zoo and live) If you ate the whole thing one of the ice cream slingers would come out make a big annoncement to the entire place that you ate the whole thing and give you an award ribbon that said "I made a pig of myself at farrells." At least that is the way it went down in the Woodland Hills Farrels. Not sure what the story was but that one's name was changed to Barrels. It was never the same and totally went downhill. They didn't even get a new sign. They just made the "F" of the old sign into a "B" and painted a crappy looking clown next to the name. Even as a kid I thought to myself "how chintzy is that? they don't even spring for a new sign." After that is was Swenson's all the way. I can't believe that Farrels is still around.

Chongolio

Post #236238 by Chongolio on Tue, Jun 6, 2006 7:11 AM