Newport Creamery Now Offering ‘Bottomless’ Awful Awfuls

How much ice cream can you really handle? One of the SouthCoast’s most beloved restaurant chains wants to put you to the test.

Newport Creamery recently announced that their iconic Awful Awful drink is now bottomless. Whenever you dine in at any Newport Creamery on Monday through Thursday, all day long, you can get free refills on your Awful Awful.

Once upon a time, you had to drink three Awful Awfuls just get a fourth one free – but now, it’s a lot easier to get more Awful for your money.

“Stop in today and treat yourself to as many delicious Awful Awfuls as you can handle,” Newport Creamery announced on Facebook.

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What Is an Awful Awful?

The Awful Awful is a 24-ounce drink made of ice milk and syrup, a frosty and creamy beverage that dates back to the 1940s. It was first served at Bond’s Ice Cream in Montclair, New Jersey, and earned its name when a customer referred to the drink as “awful big and awful good.”

Bond’s trademarked the name in 1948, and later licensed it to Newport Creamery for use in Rhode Island.

Fun fact: Bond’s also licensed the “Awful Awful” name to the Friendly’s chain in Massachusetts, which had actually been offering the drink since it opened in 1935 but never used the name until it received the licensing from Bond’s.

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However, Friendly’s later expanded into New Jersey in the 1960s and thus had to use a different name for its drink per its licensing agreement with Bond’s; through a naming contest, the “Fribble” was born as the same beverage with a new name.

What Flavors Are Available for an Awful Awful

According to Newport Creamery’s dessert menu online, you can choose from vanilla, chocolate, coffee, strawberry, mint, cotton candy, orange, bubble gum, chocolate mint or mocha.

Where Can I Find a Newport Creamery?

Newport Creamery has two SouthCoast locations, in Fall River and in Seekonk.

The rest are all in Rhode Island: Barrington, Coventry, Cranston, Greenville, Middletown, North Kingstown, Providence and Warwick.

Enjoy your bottomless Awful Awful and your endless brain freeze!