A farewell to Dairy Queens

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,741]

When I was looking up my cousin, I came across this:
Meanwhile, Diamond Land Company LLC, managed by Donald Feinstein, continues to unload Wendy’s locations, this time selling the 5322 Essen Lane location for $1.5 million to Wendy’s International LLC. In July, Diamond sold to a Slidell developer a vacant building near the Florida Boulevard and Sharp Road intersection that was previously a Wendy’s. And In March, Diamond sold another former Wendy’s restaurant at 3322 Lake St. for $825,000 to an LLC managed by the owners of Louie’s Café. Louie’s has since relocated to that space from its longtime nearby home at 209 W. State St. 
He was an attorney by trade and made his money off of the Wendy's real estate rather than off the profits of his Wendy's. I don't know the EBITDA but those sales prices seem to reflect the value of the properties.
 

Yup. We see it often that people want to sell their business but don’t realize the RE is the more profitable play.

[zork 629]

title should reflect that  the DQ owned by Vasari are the ones going out of business.  the rest of them are not.

[Dewey 3,299]

I can still get my steak fingers?

[Post Oak 20,324]

This thread has really hit me in the feels.

My grandparents would always take us to the one in Mart when we would spend the night.

I would get a country basket, a couple quarters for the Simon game in the corner and if I begged a blizzard.  

 

 

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

My grandmother lived in Haskell.  My granddad died before I was born and she remarried a real nice gentleman and farmer from Haskell.  He used to go to the Haskell DQ every day for coffee.  He would take us with him.  But those old timers would go there every day and just shoot the bull.

[tx 3 putt 77,752]

5 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

But those old timers would go there every day and just shoot the bull.

small town life, love it

[Underdog 28,855]

Poor bull. 

[tx 3 putt 77,752]

stopped at luling dq on the way to san antonio. five mins off i10

place and bathroom were spotless 

food was cooked to order. small steak strips, fries and burrito covered in chile cheese and chopped onions

they had sweet and unsweet tea. i ate there, the girl asked twice if she could refill my drink. 

driven thru was non stop

 

it hit the spot 

 

Edited Wednesday at 02:06 AM by tx 3 putt

[Brisketexan 105,547]

Wife was out of town this past weekend. I actually had to work all day Sunday. Went by DQ on the way home, got a steak finger basket for dinner. Damn…it was exactly as I remembered.

[Llewelyn Moss 212]

We are seeing new DQ in the OKC metro. They are all franchises owned by the same dude. Nonetheless, good to know I can get a Blizzard any time. 

[UTPhil2006 3,826]

On 11/26/2024 at 8:05 PM, tx 3 putt said:

stopped at luling dq on the way to san antonio. five mins off i10

place and bathroom were spotless 

food was cooked to order. small steak strips, fries and burrito covered in chile cheese and chopped onions

they had sweet and unsweet tea. i ate there, the girl asked twice if she could refill my drink. 

driven thru was non stop

 

it hit the spot 

 

You got a chili cheese burrito at DQ? And not a chocolate dipped cone? 

[tomahawk dunk 346]

The DQ in Austin on Burnet at Ohlen is really solid. Used to eat there every now and then when I lived in the area.

[Willfully Horn 8,081]

Almost certain that I’ve never stopped at DQ without ordering a hungerbuster and fries. DQ was the food stop for any and all sporting events up until high school. Football, baseball, basketball, and soccer.  These were school events, mainly north of DFW. My family chose Brahms.

My wife, otoh, could tell you which DQs between SA and Austin, west of 35 and east of Kerrville, had the “good ice,” and was jealous of Brahms’ quality.