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Newport Creamery

Logo: https://www.newportcreamery.com, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Restaurant chain in Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Newport Creamery is a chain of restaurants in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the "Awful Awful" milkshake.2 It is headquartered in Cranston.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1940Founded1

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Newport Creamery, Barrington RI
Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Newport Creamery is a chain of restaurants in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Since its first restaurant opened in 1940, it has been primarily known for ice cream and, later, the "Awful Awful" milkshake.2

Timeline

  1. 1940Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$3.5M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $3.5M in all. PPP loans $3.5M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2020 · PPP loans: $1.5M20202021 · PPP loans: $2.0M2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$2.0M$2.0M
2020$1.5M$1.5M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 5, 2020$1.5M PPP loan (first draw) from Centreville Bank5To NEWPORT CREAMERY LLC, Cranston RI; $1.5M forgiven Mar 31, 2021
  2. Feb 17, 2021$2.0M PPP loan (second draw) from Centreville Bank5To NEWPORT CREAMERY LLC, Cranston RI; $2.0M forgiven Apr 11, 2022

Sources

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