Patch Notes // updated 2021
Fantasyland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
By 2021, The Friar's Nook menu added Creamy Bacon Macaroni & Cheese Tots ($17.99 served in a Mickey souvenir hat bowl) and a Loaded Bacon Macaroni & Cheese Hot Dog ($11.49).
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.