Patch Notes // latest change 2021
Fantasyland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · tracked since 1993 · Magic Kingdom · 5 changes on record
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Around February 1, 2018, The Friar's Nook overhauled its menu, dropping its specialty barbecued-chicken mac & cheese for a new lineup of Loaded Tater Tots (Buffalo Chicken, Fiesta, and Greek) plus deep-fried Twinkies for dessert.
The Friar's Nook opened on March 26, 2009 in Fantasyland as a quick-service eatery themed to Friar Tuck from Disney's Robin Hood, taking over the space vacated by the McDonald's-branded Village Fry Shoppe.
The location's immediate predecessor, the Village Fry Shoppe, opened May 1, 2006 selling McDonald's French fries and closed in early 2009 after Disney's promotional partnership with McDonald's ended, clearing the way for The Friar's Nook.
The same counter-service building — opened as Lancer's Inn in 1973 and renamed Gurgi's Munchies and Crunchies in 1986 after The Black Cauldron — was rethemed to Lumiere's Kitchen (Beauty and the Beast) on February 13, 1993 before later becoming the Village Fry Shoppe.
That's every change on the record at The Friar's Nook since 1993.
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Per the documented record, The Friar's Nook at Magic Kingdom opened on Mar 26, 2009.
The latest documented change (documented Feb 1, 2018): Around February 1, 2018, The Friar's Nook overhauled its menu, dropping its specialty barbecued-chicken mac & cheese for a new lineup of Loaded Tater Tots (Buffalo Chicken, Fiesta, and Greek) plus deep-fried Twinkies for dessert.
5 documented changes, dating back to 1993 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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