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Restaurants and Food => Current Restaurants => Topic started by: storehistoryguy on July 18, 2005, 08:56:41 AM

Title: Dairy Queen
Post by: storehistoryguy on July 18, 2005, 08:56:41 AM
Ahhhhh!!!!! I love Dairy Queen! I have known dozens. There is a very small one near me in a small shopping center. There was one that was in Harleysville Pa., heaven! They had an eat in dining room and a small arcade downstairs with some basketball and skee ball and a few others, good for parties and around back was mini golf! :roll: That one opened in 1972 and closed in 2003 to make way for another Commerce Bank. (Now this is the part where I start cursing.) They knocked down the building, dug out the mini golf for yet another Commerce Bank. :mad::mad::mad::flaming::flaming::flaming::(:(:(
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: store215 on July 18, 2005, 01:13:49 PM
Ugh! I can't stand Commerce Bank either.

Storehistoryguy, have you noticed the only things being constructed in the Philly area have been Walgreens, Commerce Bank, and Dunkin Donuts?

In Southampton, PA, they knocked down an old Exxon station and I guessed it would become a Commerce Bank, and sure enough, two weeks later the coming soon sign went up:mad:

(They do have free "coinstar-like" machines, which is the only time I go there when I have lots of change)


Anyway, back on topic, I like Dairy Queen too, but there are no "full service" Dairy Queens nearby except Doylestown and I dont go there too often
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on July 18, 2005, 01:32:10 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Ugh! I can't stand Commerce Bank either.

Storehistoryguy, have you noticed the only things being constructed in the Philly area have been Walgreens, Commerce Bank, and Dunkin Donuts?

In Southampton, PA, they knocked down an old Exxon station and I guessed it would become a Commerce Bank, and sure enough, two weeks later the coming soon sign went up:mad:

(They do have free "coinstar-like" machines, which is the only time I go there when I have lots of change)


Anyway, back on topic, I like Dairy Queen too, but there are no "full service" Dairy Queens nearby except Doylestown and I dont go there too often

The stores I say would be popping up the most would be Commerce Bank, CVS and Lowe's. The one in Doylestown, you mean the one with the drive-thru?
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on July 18, 2005, 08:50:21 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
mmmm. Dairy Queen mine used to be open in Torrington but its closed indefinately:(

WHAT I HATE ABOUT DAIRY QUEEN IS THAt they have outdoor eating areas, and the misquitos are a nuicence and would bug you and literrarly eat you.

a couple weeks ago I saw a closed Dairy Queen in HAverhill mass, and a building in plaistow NH that looked like a Dairy Queen. I saw that the Dairy Queen in Exeter is no longer there. 10 yeras ago the DAiry Queen in Concord NH became Arnie's place (it sold ice cream), the one in the Mt. Valley mall in North conway Nh closed years ago.

Dairy Queen still exists in SAco and Biddeford (an indoor eeating area) Maine, and LAconia and Tilton NH (Both outdoor eating), Manchester NH, NAshua NH, Bellingham Mass,

I wonder what other Dairy Queens closed!
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Zayre88 on July 18, 2005, 09:07:53 PM
There is also a Dairy Queen in Waterville ME.  Last year, i saw a building in Seabrook NH that looked a lot like a Dairy Queen. On route 286
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Jag67 on July 19, 2005, 07:34:14 AM
Theres still many, many old Dairy Queens still open.  In fact ALL of our local Dariy Queens except one were built in the 60's (Some still have the orginal signage) and have only outdoor seating. I love the old stand-up locations. They make you feel like youre going back in time...

Anybody remember Dennis the Menace at Dairy Queen?? He was Dairy Queen's mascot from 1972 until 2002.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: LazarusFan on July 19, 2005, 01:38:01 PM
Did at one time, Dairy Queen almost closed all of its stores until someone saved the company?
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on July 26, 2005, 06:18:11 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by LazarusFan
Did at one time, Dairy Queen almost closed all of its stores until someone saved the company?

I didn't hear of it.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: amesman on July 26, 2005, 08:47:46 PM
There are a few Dairy Queens in the Albany area, but manily in malls though, along with Orange Julius. There is a DQ in Poughkeepsie too. There used to be one in Saugerties, NY as well, but it closed a couple years ago..
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Caldor1999 on July 26, 2005, 09:01:59 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
There are a few Dairy Queens in the Albany area, but manily in malls though, along with Orange Julius. There is a DQ in Poughkeepsie too. There used to be one in Saugerties, NY as well, but it closed a couple years ago..


lucky u we have no DQ hear
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on July 27, 2005, 09:21:33 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB
Checkout DQ's ads they're hirarious!:insane:


http://www.dairyqueen.com/en-US/DQ+Ads/default.htm

My mother always liked the basketball one. :insane: They don't have that one on anymore.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: amesman on July 27, 2005, 09:31:43 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
There are a few Dairy Queens in the Albany area, but manily in malls though, along with Orange Julius. There is a DQ in Poughkeepsie too. There used to be one in Saugerties, NY as well, but it closed a couple years ago..


lucky u we have no DQ hear

Not lucky me :P...the closest Dairy Queen to me is Poughkeepsie, and then there are the Albany ones..
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: LazarusFan on July 27, 2005, 08:55:14 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
QuoteOriginally posted by LazarusFan
Did at one time, Dairy Queen almost closed all of its stores until someone saved the company?

I didn't hear of it.

I thought I heard someone saying that there was a white knight who saved the company.:huh:
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: shakethis1234 on July 28, 2005, 09:00:23 AM
why did Dairy Queen Close a lot of their stores in New York
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Post by: storehistoryguy on August 07, 2005, 04:58:10 PM
I just tryed there chicken basket today and man was it good. Mmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P The commercials for it are funny too. :insane:
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:29:37 PM
Ad.
(http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/moolatte.jpg)
http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000185.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:37:06 PM
DQ toy car. "Tricked out" as the cool kids of today say. :insane:

(http://www.jsfarmtoys.com/assets/photos/EBAY%20Pictures/Banks/Dairy%20Queen%20Bank.jpg)
http://www.jsfarmtoys.com/miscmemorabilia.htm

(http://www.midwesttoys.com/s16057.jpg)
http://www.midwesttoys.com/test.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:39:18 PM
(http://www.chagres.com/ElDairyQueen_TC.jpg)
http://www.chagres.com/TC-20.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:40:31 PM
Whats with the sign in the back? The left is stretched out.

(http://www.sowerbysells.com/images/Sold%20Businesses/dairy_queen.jpg)
http://www.sowerbysells.com/
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:45:25 PM
(http://visitmt.com/pictures/small/14652h.jpg)
(http://visitmt.com/pictures/small/14655h.jpg)
http://visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordId=12723&SiteId=1
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 06:50:36 PM
Wichita, Kansas, 1978.

(http://www.wichitaphotos.org/graphics/wschm_D2SE-51.1.1.jpg)
http://www.wichitaphotos.org/searchresults.asp?txtinput=People&offset=-1
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Zayre88 on December 15, 2005, 07:23:00 PM
Newly opened DQ in Quebec City
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 07:36:47 PM
Dexter, Mi.

(http://www.shopdexter.com/DairyQueen.jpg)
http://www.shopdexter.com/shopdexterrestaurants.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 07:51:25 PM
Columbus, Indiana, 1962. Cool!

(http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/pics/1962dairyqueen.jpg)

http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/pics/pics6.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 07:52:51 PM
An old Dairy Queen coupon. Worth $.10! What a bargain! :insane:
(http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/food/dairyqueen1a.jpg)
http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/food/dairyqueen1.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 08:10:07 PM
Gatlinburg, Tn.
(http://dininginthesmokies.com/_gatlinb/dgdaiqu1.jpg)
http://dininginthesmokies.com/_gatlinb/dgdaique.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 15, 2005, 08:16:04 PM
:insane:
(http://deseretnews.com/photos/1863888.jpg)
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595070954,00.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: AmesNewington on December 16, 2005, 10:36:48 AM
The Dairy Queens in my area are basically the small seasonal ice cream shops that individuals own. They are stand outside restaurants only.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 17, 2005, 09:14:49 AM
Kodak Tn.

(http://dininginthesmokies.com/_sevier/dkdaique.jpg)
http://dininginthesmokies.com/_sevier/dkdaique.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 04:55:02 PM
Sparta, WI.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 05:01:27 PM
Freeburg, IL.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 05:02:03 PM
Morris, IL.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 05:02:45 PM
Bloomington, IL.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 05:03:17 PM
Sioux Falls, SD.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 07, 2006, 05:07:37 PM
What hapened to this sign in Askum, IL.!?!? :holysh:

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/dq.html
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on January 07, 2006, 05:26:56 PM
the building with the white back is Dairy Queen in SOuth portland. it is probably temporarily closed.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on January 09, 2006, 05:29:18 PM
dairy queen is next to the building with the triangle roof and it is the bulding next to  the building with the triangle roof.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on January 16, 2006, 08:39:33 PM
here is the dairy queen in augusta maine on bangor st
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on January 17, 2006, 05:53:47 PM
here is the dairy queen in waterville maine on college ave

from http://www.downtownme.com/weblinks/599/template_c_971_redirect.asp
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 19, 2006, 06:15:14 PM
(http://www.progressivesigns.ca/Jpeg/Dairy%20Queen%202.jpg)
http://www.progressivesigns.ca/Dairy%20Queen.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 19, 2006, 06:20:51 PM
(http://www.sunsetneon.com/images/po_dairyQueen.jpg)
http://www.sunsetneon.com/pt-oc.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 19, 2006, 06:22:31 PM
Japan.

(http://www.daninjapan.com/1.15/viva_dairy_queen.jpg)
http://www.daninjapan.com/1.15/
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: storehistoryguy on January 19, 2006, 06:26:00 PM
http://www.titanconstruction.net/restaurants/
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Post by: storehistoryguy on January 19, 2006, 06:33:15 PM
Wheeling, Wv.

(http://www.catfishracing.com/Stories/Dairy_Queen_WV.JPG)
http://www.catfishracing.com/Stories/Saddle%20Sore%201000.htm
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on January 21, 2006, 01:45:25 PM
here is the dairy queen in hazlet new jersey

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137868535&subNum=10215000767
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: HoJofan206 on February 06, 2006, 02:49:15 AM
Henderson KY
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on February 19, 2006, 08:26:36 PM
here is the dairy queen in secaucus nj

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140398380&subNum=50220000126
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: BillyGr on March 29, 2006, 06:18:46 PM
The first is the location in Hyde Park on Route 9 (just north of the FDR site).  Exterior service and drive thru only (no seating inside).

Second is the (Former) location in Saugerties on Route 32/212 - has been closed for a couple or three years.

Third is an oldie in Pittsfield (MA) on Route 8.  It was open a couple years ago (though not using the DQ name) - I believe they had covered the sign with other signage (the inset is a closer loos at the sign).

Fourth (left) is a location on Route 8 just south of North Adams (MA).  I never saw this one as a DQ (again it had been, and may still be, used as an independent ice cream place) but it sure likes like one.

Last is the one in Ghent (NY - between Chatham and Hudson) on Route 66 (no, not the famous one!).  This one is still open, features a walk up window and inside ordering/seating areas.  For some reason they still close in Jan/Feb (not sure why since there are NO other fast food places in that area so I'd think they would still do enough business on that end).

That is all the ones I know of in this area (except one in Hudson that has been closed for a LOOOONGGG time and one small one further south on 9 (Wappingers, I think?) - though they may have opened a couple in the malls.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: BillyGr on April 19, 2006, 07:19:07 PM
This is the Dairy Queen on Route 7/23 in the West End section of Oneonta.

It appears to be an outside service only location.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 09, 2006, 05:09:40 PM
dairy queen in cromwell ct in kmart plaza parking lot
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:27:41 PM
dairy queen in south portland me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:28:11 PM
dairy queen in wells me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:29:04 PM
dairy queen in biddeford me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:30:10 PM
dairy queen in saco me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:31:03 PM
DQ in tilton nh (I hate how you have to eat outside a lot of dairy queens because of getting bit by misquiotes)
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:33:19 PM
dairy queen in laconia nh. (I had a problem with this dairy queen in 1992, when I went to get the rock-a-doodle movie happy meal prize, the cashier did not know what I was talking about and my dad did not like that, I find that inexcusable of them not knowing the happy meal prize as it is part of their advertising and promotion, it seems in these places all they see their jobs as is putting burgers on trays and filling drinks, since every so often I colelct the happy meal prize of of something I like and if that happens to me in the future I will go to the manager).
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: dave on August 14, 2006, 03:33:32 PM
Does anyone have older photos of Dairy Queen in Massachusetts?
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 14, 2006, 03:34:16 PM
DQ in old orchard beach me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 15, 2006, 01:44:54 PM
DQ in auburn me
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Post by: d_fife on August 17, 2006, 01:45:43 PM
dq in brewer me
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Post by: d_fife on August 17, 2006, 01:52:32 PM
dq old town / orono me
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: d_fife on August 17, 2006, 04:18:49 PM
DQ trenton me
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Post by: d_fife on August 17, 2006, 04:46:10 PM
one in belfast me
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Post by: d_fife on November 01, 2006, 06:59:42 PM
dairy queen in ashtabula oh
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: HoJofan206 on November 03, 2006, 12:11:10 PM
Evansville Indiana
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Post by: d_fife on December 17, 2006, 03:13:55 PM
Dq in warren pa
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Post by: webcookie on December 23, 2006, 06:35:04 PM
There are two Dairy Queens still open around here that I know of, in Poughkeepsie, NY and Montague, NJ. I went to the one in Montague a few months ago and it felt incredibly old. It has a small seating area inside. The one in Middletown, NY is a laundromat now but I still call it the Dairy Queen. I'll see about getting pictures at some point.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: store215 on December 24, 2006, 10:56:24 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
DQ in auburn me

looks like a former wendy's
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Whoser on December 24, 2006, 11:34:03 AM
There's a new Dairy Queen in the Waterford Crystal Mall food court.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: mikey7290 on January 12, 2008, 03:15:01 AM
There were several Dairy Queens that used to be located in Northern New York years ago.  The former Watertown NY location on Arsenal Street has been a Kost Tire for the past few years, the former DQ in Gouverneur on East Main Street was torn down for a credit union and the former DQ in Potsdam was torn down for an AutoZone store.  The DQ locations in Canton on Gouverneur Street (Route 11) and in Massena off Route 37 are still open in summer only.  Here's the former Dairy Queen in Ogdensburg, NY.  It was located at 700 Canton Street.  It closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s and was torn down in the late 1990s to make room for a new Kinney Drugs store.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: FearlessSwan on June 16, 2008, 10:03:18 PM
Largo, FL current location

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/dq3.png)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/dq2.png)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/dq1.png)

Former location (I think). Now a chiropractor's office. Has also served as a thrift store and a dance studio in the time I've lived here.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/chiro.png)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/chiro2.png)
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: FearlessSwan on June 18, 2008, 07:14:33 PM
The town where I grew up, Stamford, CT, at one time had three DQs. Only one, the top one in the picture, is the only one that still survives as a Dairy Queen.  It's of the outdoor seating, seasonally-open variety. I believe the other two were both the full-service year-round kind.

The middle one became a Chinese take-out place, and the bottom one became a mom and pop burger place then spent a few years of vacancy before a Dunkin' Donuts opened up on the site.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/JetsLuvver/Other%20pics/dqs.png)
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: rjstheiv on January 11, 2009, 04:27:13 PM
DQ on Route 51. THis picture is from 1999. It has changed a lot since then.

http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Search.aspx
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Post by: rjstheiv on January 12, 2009, 04:41:11 PM
Dairy Queen in West Mifflin PA.
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Post by: FearlessSwan on January 16, 2009, 06:16:12 PM
My local Dairy Queen in Largo, FL has been repainted and given modern DQ signage. I wonder if they also redid the interior.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: gu4ever on October 08, 2009, 06:21:48 PM
Here's a picture of the Dairy Queen in Tilton, NH.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: gu4ever on October 08, 2009, 06:23:03 PM
UPDATE: In the photo you can see the road sign has been updated with a newer version of the Dairy Queen sign. Thanks to Nim57, this particuliar sign was used from 2001 to 2005.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: nims57 on October 08, 2009, 07:32:56 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by gu4ever
The street sign is sporting the new DQ logo.

Actually that is not the latest logo. It was only used 2001-2005 according to Wikipedia.

d_fife has a photo of this one on page 4. Good to see a "Brazier" still operating.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: Marc82 on October 08, 2009, 09:34:45 PM
The DQ at the Brass Mill Mall in Waterbury, CT is shared space with an Orange Julius.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: The Adamantium Elbow on October 09, 2009, 06:50:42 AM
I like the Dairy Queen in Delmont,PA. They do car cruises over the weekend during the summer. That one's open all year round although there are some in the area that do close for the winter.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: gu4ever on October 10, 2009, 01:02:30 AM
This is the DQ street sign on Second St in Manchester, it was replaced earlier this year from the original "Dairy Queen" sign.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: gu4ever on January 14, 2010, 09:50:08 AM
Dairy Queen on route 28 in North Reading, MA.
Title: Classic DQ sign.
Post by: gu4ever on January 14, 2010, 09:51:28 AM
A classic sign on route 28 in North Reading, MA.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: buzz86us on April 11, 2012, 09:27:18 PM
the two that I know of and have eaten at are gone now the one in Saugerties NY is gone as is the one in Lake George NY. I won a Dairy Queen giftcard for $20 a while back but I could only buy Orange Jullius because the shop that did ice cream only in the same mall closed down. Now the closest Dairy Queen to me is 30 miles away in some obscure town called Ghent. Did you know that Dairy Queen is one of the only restaurants that don't have a location in New York City you have to go to New Jersey UGH
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: BillyGr on April 12, 2012, 08:26:05 PM
Quote from: buzz86us on April 11, 2012, 09:27:18 PM
the two that I know of and have eaten at are gone now the one in Saugerties NY is gone as is the one in Lake George NY. I won a Dairy Queen giftcard for $20 a while back but I could only buy Orange Jullius because the shop that did ice cream only in the same mall closed down. Now the closest Dairy Queen to me is 30 miles away in some obscure town called Ghent. Did you know that Dairy Queen is one of the only restaurants that don't have a location in New York City you have to go to New Jersey UGH

I'm guessing you mean in Crossgates (where the DQ closed - both DQ and OJ were side by side, then they opened the current OJ in a different part of the mall, then closed both the others)?

Ghent is not completely obscure - it's the home of the Columbia County Fairgrounds - usually called the Chatham Fair, but while the grounds lie in the VILLAGE of Chatham, they are in the TOWN of Ghent (just to confuse everyone, I guess).  Or at least not for those of us within the county ;)

It is, though a small town and the DQ (which has ice cream, food and added OJ recently) is the only "fast food" type place, which is probably why it sticks around.

There were others at one time - Hudson, now Davi's which is a very similar place with ice cream and food, though in between it was a pharmacy and a used car sales area being the next closest.

The other two current ones I can think of are farther down in Dutchess County - Hyde Park and Wappingers or Fishkill (never can be sure where one ends and the other begins).
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: nysw3636 on April 21, 2013, 03:38:05 PM
A new DQ Grill & Chill and Orange Julius will open in July on Dolson Ave (behind Quick Chek) in Middletown, NY.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JimSawhill on April 24, 2013, 08:19:57 AM
Manchester, CT had two DQs - one was on Broat Street and the other was on Hartford Road. East Hartford  has a DQ  on Main Street near the Coke plant that moved from its 'barn' store around 2003. Are they still around? Another DQ was on Rt 66 in Portland in an shopping center.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Bdubs on April 24, 2013, 07:06:21 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on April 24, 2013, 08:19:57 AM
Manchester, CT had two DQs - one was on Broat Street and the other was on Hartford Road. East Hartford  has a DQ  on Main Street near the Coke plant that moved from its 'barn' store around 2003. Are they still around? Another DQ was on Rt 66 in Portland in an shopping center.

The East Hartford one is still there last I was in the area. Portland just had a remodel a couple years ago, and there is a Grill n Chill now in Cromwell in the Kmart parking lot, closer to the grocery store side.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JimSawhill on May 09, 2013, 11:26:54 AM
Quote from: Bdubs on April 24, 2013, 07:06:21 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on April 24, 2013, 08:19:57 AM
Manchester, CT had two DQs - one was on Broat Street and the other was on Hartford Road. East Hartford  has a DQ  on Main Street near the Coke plant that moved from its 'barn' store around 2003. Are they still around? Another DQ was on Rt 66 in Portland in an shopping center.

The East Hartford one is still there last I was in the area. Portland just had a remodel a couple years ago, and there is a Grill n Chill now in Cromwell in the Kmart parking lot, closer to the grocery store side.

A Grill n Chill??? What is that???
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: AmesNewington on May 09, 2013, 12:45:45 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on May 09, 2013, 11:26:54 AM
Quote from: Bdubs on April 24, 2013, 07:06:21 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on April 24, 2013, 08:19:57 AM
Manchester, CT had two DQs - one was on Broat Street and the other was on Hartford Road. East Hartford  has a DQ  on Main Street near the Coke plant that moved from its 'barn' store around 2003. Are they still around? Another DQ was on Rt 66 in Portland in an shopping center.

The East Hartford one is still there last I was in the area. Portland just had a remodel a couple years ago, and there is a Grill n Chill now in Cromwell in the Kmart parking lot, closer to the grocery store side.

A Grill n Chill??? What is that???

It's a larger version of DQ with both ice cream and food (burgers, etc) and there is seating both inside and outside. There is a drive thru as well.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: BillyGr on October 14, 2013, 11:25:52 AM
Quote from: BillyGr on April 12, 2012, 08:26:05 PM
Quote from: buzz86us on April 11, 2012, 09:27:18 PM
the two that I know of and have eaten at are gone now the one in Saugerties NY is gone as is the one in Lake George NY. I won a Dairy Queen giftcard for $20 a while back but I could only buy Orange Jullius because the shop that did ice cream only in the same mall closed down. Now the closest Dairy Queen to me is 30 miles away in some obscure town called Ghent. Did you know that Dairy Queen is one of the only restaurants that don't have a location in New York City you have to go to New Jersey UGH

I'm guessing you mean in Crossgates (where the DQ closed - both DQ and OJ were side by side, then they opened the current OJ in a different part of the mall, then closed both the others)?

Ghent is not completely obscure - it's the home of the Columbia County Fairgrounds - usually called the Chatham Fair, but while the grounds lie in the VILLAGE of Chatham, they are in the TOWN of Ghent (just to confuse everyone, I guess).  Or at least not for those of us within the county ;)

It is, though a small town and the DQ (which has ice cream, food and added OJ recently) is the only "fast food" type place, which is probably why it sticks around.

There were others at one time - Hudson, now Davi's which is a very similar place with ice cream and food, though in between it was a pharmacy and a used car sales area being the next closest.

The other two current ones I can think of are farther down in Dutchess County - Hyde Park and Wappingers or Fishkill (never can be sure where one ends and the other begins).

http://www.registerstar.com/chatham_courier/news/article_2e170d16-3078-11e3-a8bf-0019bb2963f4.html

Just posting this link to the Register Star about the 50th anniversary of this Dairy Queen in Ghent - the article has a photo of the building being built in 1963, showing the still existing barn shape (although it's been added on to), as well as more current photos.  It also references the other former Dairy Queen in Hudson and the next closest one in Hyde Park.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: buzz86us on November 01, 2013, 09:26:37 PM
it is weird I was in fremont ohio earlier this year and they have like every type of chain restaurant there are 2 dairy queens one in the center of town and another toward the limits... how do two dairy queens function in a town like this but not in ny
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Hudsons81 on October 11, 2014, 05:13:02 PM
Recently, Dairy Queen has also been hit by a data breach in which malware was installed on their cash registers. It's unbelievable how common data breaches are nowadays...
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: TheFugitive on October 13, 2014, 12:15:10 PM
Quote from: muppethammer26 on October 11, 2014, 06:13:32 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on October 11, 2014, 05:13:02 PM
Recently, Dairy Queen has also been hit by a data breach in which malware was installed on their cash registers. It's unbelievable how common data breaches are nowadays...

This is because most of the places still use old technology. They should start upgrading their systems so this will be less likely to happen again.

Some of these breaches occurred in the DQ in the food court at South Hills Village Mall near Pittsburgh.
A new location only a few months old.  Apparently they installed obsolete technology?
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Bdubs on October 10, 2016, 12:07:26 PM
Here's a current photo of DQ in Old Saybrook CT. Still has the old logos, and this building was built into the side of a residential home.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: retailisking on December 25, 2016, 06:53:41 PM
If you've ever experienced frustration not finding a nationally-advertised food item at your local DQ, this recent story might give you a greater appreciation of "non-system" restaurants
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/life-food-and-dining/20161129/eleanor-dairy-queen-a-family-tradition-in-putnam-county
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: giantsfan2016 on January 19, 2017, 08:08:26 PM
There is a seasonal take-out DQ on Route 10 in Plainville, CT. They remodeled the interior and exterior in-between the 2015 and 2016 operating seasons. It's near the little IGA store Gnazzo's. I don't get out that way much and if I do I never have my camera.

There is a year-round sit-down location with a drive-thru on Meriden Waterbury Turnpike in the Plantsville section of Southington.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: retailisking on February 28, 2017, 02:12:25 AM
Apparently the mild February weather in New Hampshire caught the Laconia Dairy Queen off-guard this past weekend:
(http://hips.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/dairy-queen-laconia-1488157188.jpg)
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Warm-Weather-Leads-to-Ice-Cream-Shortage-at-Laconia-Dairy-Queen-414826693.html
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JJBers on October 20, 2017, 01:03:48 PM
Here's this old Dairy Queen I found in Gettysburg, PA
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36045768666_fc004bf643_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WVeZd7)
Atlanta to Willimantic (https://flic.kr/p/WVeZd7) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4314/36045763796_7ec1c9e012_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WVeXL9)
Atlanta to Willimantic (https://flic.kr/p/WVeXL9) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Adding this late, but this was in the parking lot of my hotel (Days Inn)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: BillyGr on October 21, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Quote from: JJBers on October 20, 2017, 01:03:48 PM
Here's this old Dairy Queen I found in Gettysburg, PA
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36045768666_fc004bf643_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WVeZd7)

Free sundae with every truck rented? ;)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Pikapower on October 21, 2017, 06:56:14 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on October 21, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Quote from: JJBers on October 20, 2017, 01:03:48 PM
Here's this old Dairy Queen I found in Gettysburg, PA
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36045768666_fc004bf643_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WVeZd7)

Free sundae with every truck rented? ;)
I don't think so! ;)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JJBers on October 31, 2017, 03:10:56 PM
Anyways, here is my closest Dairy Queen in Willimantic, CT. It's your typical retrofitted location, at night!:
Sign:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4462/37512381056_f7f22ee8f3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z9QKYC)
Dairy Queen (Willimantic, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/Z9QKYC) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Front:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4488/37512381856_28c7485074_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z9QLdq)
Dairy Queen (Willimantic, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/Z9QLdq) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Here it is from a distance:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4448/37368242686_1a5bfb0235_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YW71Ej)
Willimantic, Connecticut (https://flic.kr/p/YW71Ej) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr


It's currently closed for the season
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JimSawhill on December 22, 2017, 08:22:13 PM
The old Barn style DQ in Temple Terrace was replaced by the new style, which looks like any other fast food joint. I guess the Grill N Chill concept is the future.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on December 27, 2017, 05:45:15 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on December 22, 2017, 08:22:13 PM
The old Barn style DQ in Temple Terrace was replaced by the new style, which looks like any other fast food joint. I guess the Grill N Chill concept is the future.

Their Brazier restaurants are being phased out in favor of the Grill n Chill concept.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: shore72 on December 27, 2017, 11:23:35 PM
We have a couple locally that are the real old "walk-up" style (no inside dining). One that I drive by all the time had the old Dairy Queen/Brazier sign that was really in character with the store but it was replaced this fall with the DQ Grill-n-chill sign. Ah, progress.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: giantsfan2016 on December 28, 2017, 10:47:20 AM
Plainville, Connecticut still has one of those walk-up DQ's. It's open May-November. It's own by a family that lives here part of the year and down in Florida the rest of the year. I don't know if you can get everything there that you can get at a sit-down DQ.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: TheFugitive on December 28, 2017, 01:25:06 PM
DQ's in my vicinity:

- PA Route 50 in Carnegie, PA  (walk-up seasonal).
- Noblestown Rd. and Poplar Street in Green Tree, PA  (walk-up seasonal)
- Banksville Road in Mt. Lebanon, PA (in a shopping plaza, year-round, some hot sandwiches)
- PA Route 88 in Bethel Park, PA (in a shopping plaza, year-round, some hot sandwiches)
- PA Route 51 South in Whitehall, PA (year-round full menu drive-thru, longtime location that was recently torn down and replaced with a new format store)
- PA Route 885 Lebanon Rd., West Mifflin, PA (walk-up seasonal)
- Food Court at South Hills Village Mall (year-round, walk-up, ice cream only)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JJBers on December 28, 2017, 03:13:34 PM
Quote from: TheFugitive on December 28, 2017, 01:25:06 PM
DQ's in my vicinity:
- CT 66, Willimantic (seasonal)
- CT 12, Norwich (seasonal)
- CT 82, Norwich (year-round)
Nearly 20 miles until the next 3.
- Hartford Rd, Manchester (year-round)
- CT 85, Waterford (Crystal Mall)
- US 1, Groton (year-round)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on January 04, 2018, 06:55:17 PM
The Green Bay area has four DQ locations:
Green Bay (Limited Brazier)
Howard (Grill & Chill)
Ashwaubenon (Grill & Chill)
DePere (Brazier)
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Zayre88 on December 24, 2018, 09:20:23 AM
Dairy Queen at Bangor Mall to close Dec. 30

https://bangordailynews.com/2018/12/14/news/bangor/dairy-queen-at-bangor-mall-to-close-dec-30/
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: danfifepsu on January 09, 2019, 10:06:12 PM
Quote from: retailisking on February 28, 2017, 02:12:25 AM
Apparently the mild February weather in New Hampshire caught the Laconia Dairy Queen off-guard this past weekend:
(http://hips.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/dairy-queen-laconia-1488157188.jpg)
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Warm-Weather-Leads-to-Ice-Cream-Shortage-at-Laconia-Dairy-Queen-414826693.html

I live 2 miles from that Dairy Queen.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill) on June 21, 2019, 07:57:48 PM
Berkshire Hathaway, the company that owns Dairy Queen, also owns a local ABC-affiliated television station in Miami, Florida, WPLG-TV 10.
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JimSawhill on June 22, 2019, 11:08:08 AM
Quote from: JJBers on December 28, 2017, 03:13:34 PM
Quote from: TheFugitive on December 28, 2017, 01:25:06 PM
DQ's in my vicinity:
- CT 66, Willimantic (seasonal)
- CT 12, Norwich (seasonal)
- CT 82, Norwich (year-round)
Nearly 20 miles until the next 3.
- Hartford Rd, Manchester (year-round)
- CT 85, Waterford (Crystal Mall)
- US 1, Groton (year-round)

There is a DQ in East Hartford...they used to be next to Augie and Ray's but they moved to 435 Main Street...
Title: Re: Dairy Queen
Post by: JimSawhill on June 22, 2019, 11:10:04 AM
Quote from: BillyGr on October 21, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Quote from: JJBers on October 20, 2017, 01:03:48 PM
Here's this old Dairy Queen I found in Gettysburg, PA
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36045768666_fc004bf643_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WVeZd7)

Free sundae with every truck rented? ;)

Dairy Queen UHaul outlet?