Dairy Queen slowly dying

[hayden_horn 11362]

i can't even remember the last time i was in a DQ. i'm fairly certain the last thing i had there was a wholly unsatisfying steak finger meal. soggy and disgusting, and the tea tasted three days old.

[Brisketexan 104791]

i can't even remember the last time i was in a DQ. i'm fairly certain the last thing i had there was a wholly unsatisfying steak finger meal. soggy and disgusting, and the tea tasted three days old.

When done right, the steak fingers are solid. And if you don’t like their tacos and a dip cone, you’re a terrorist who hates America.

[Whitman 694]

My best DQ story..

After graduating college, I work in PA for several years.  There was a DQ in the next town over (maybe about 15 minutes away).  One day it came on the news that one of the employees was just arrested when he was caught masturbating into the ice cream machine.  Apparently he was mad at the world and this was his revenge.  He admitted that this was not the first time he had done it.  The place shut down for a week or so (I forgot exactly how long) for a thorough cleaning, and then reopened.  It didn't stay open but a couple of months as the only people who would go there were travelers.   Yum!!!

[hayden_horn 11362]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

When done right, the steak fingers are solid. And if you don’t like their tacos and a dip cone, you’re a terrorist who hates America.

still, how do you fuck up iced tea? that's unforgivable. 

and you're damn right i judge restaurants by their availability of quality citrus for that iced tea. don't give me a fucking lemon juice package. chipotle is on my shit list for taking the citrus behind the counter. given a choice between sonic and DQ, i'm going with sonic, because their tea game is stronger.

[markstanco 12546]

Sell. Me. A. Buster. Bar.

[chainsaw 9841]

1 minute ago, hayden_horn said:

still, how do you fuck up iced tea? that's unforgivable. 

and you're damn right i judge restaurants by their availability of quality citrus for that iced tea. don't give me a fucking lemon juice package. chipotle is on my shit list for taking the citrus behind the counter. given a choice between sonic and DQ, i'm going with sonic, because their tea game is stronger.

As is their commercial game

[Brisketexan 104791]

still, how do you fuck up iced tea? that's unforgivable. 
and you're damn right i judge restaurants by their availability of quality citrus for that iced tea. don't give me a fucking lemon juice package. chipotle is on my shit list for taking the citrus behind the counter. given a choice between sonic and DQ, i'm going with sonic, because their tea game is stronger.

I agree on the importance of tea.

McDonald’s tea, for $1 any size, is worth a try. Hell, I don’t order food, just grab a tea there.

I don’t put stuff in my tea, so don’t care about the other stuff.

[F250 28736]

The last time I was at Dairy Queen it was the one in Dripping Springs. There was an older couple bitching about the tea. "We came here for the tea and it don't taste right!" Anyways, the woman waddles past our table bitching about the tea and right as she is next to our table she lets out a horrendous belch.

My son starts rambling, "I can smell it, I can smell that fat lady's burp! It smells, like that gas has been building up in her gut forever. Fat people burps are the worst, she just let it rip..."

I'm dying from laughter because son went on a minute long tirade about the burp. The woman gives him a dirty look which sends us both into uncontrollable laughter.

Anyways, we ended up leaving because that was pretty gross and the steak fingers were greasy and unsatisfying. Should have went to the Whataburger across the street.

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11811]

When I was a teenager the DQ in El Campo had enchiladas one night a week.  They weren't bad.

[markstanco 12546]

16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I agree on the importance of tea.

McDonald’s tea, for $1 any size, is worth a try. Hell, I don’t order food, just grab a tea there.

I don’t put stuff in my tea, so don’t care about the other stuff.

Great tea at McDs!  Fresh lemon there as well.

[elfenix 34205]

whataburger's lemon juice packets are my only complaint.  it was ok back when they had regular lemonade because i could make an arnold palmer, but the diet lemonade is shit.

[El Diablo 4232]

Dairy Queen will still give you the number thing to put on your table and then bring you your food when it's ready, so there's that.

I'd been living out of the state for a while and came back to Texas and a friend and I were eating at DQ, he'd ordered the "Dude". Girl brings it out, looks at him quizzically and asks "Dude?". He says "Dude!" and she hands him his food. Something about that exchange had me rolling.

[Armybrat 40761]

Love me an M&M Blizzard.

[Pescado_Rojo 19346]

The country basket is gross. The last two times I"ve eaten them they've made me sick. Burgers, fries, tacos, blizzards. The chicken strip baskets are usually good, too. If given a choice, I'll stick to Chicken Express / Golden Chick 99 times out of 100.

[miguelito 11225]

1 hour ago, PW119 said:

We ate at one in Amarillo on a family trip to Colorado in the mid 80s.  My brother farted the entire second half of that trip.  Stunk up the conversion van.  F that place.

I might be your brother, except I farted the entire first half of the trip, too.

[Apep 645]

My local DQ is a couple of years old. Very nice building, but shitty real food. Alright ice cream and smoothies

[Brisketexan 104791]

24 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The country basket is gross. The last two times I"ve eaten them they've made me sick. Burgers, fries, tacos, blizzards. The chicken strip baskets are usually good, too. If given a choice, I'll stick to Chicken Express / Golden Chick 99 times out of 100.

I confess to not having a country basket in....years.  In the last 10 years, probably limited to burger, fries, tacos, and dip cones (and I USED to get a chocolate malt there, but they QUIT CARRYING FUCKING MALT.  WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK???).

[Pescado_Rojo 19346]

Making a good malt is a dying craft.

[The Dog 43880]

This is a story about 1.7% of the DQs in Texas closing. 10 of 585. 

PANIC

[David Dennison 18759]

3 minutes ago, The Dog said:

This is a story about 1.7% of the DQs in Texas closing. 10 of 585. 

PANIC

Yeah, but it's also a story about the bankruptcy of a company that operates more than 70 across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

People are getting nervous.

[Brothahorn 10087]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Chicken express has fried gizzards and gravy. I’m a fan.

What’s sad is that a lot of those shitty little towns still have ONE restaurant: a Subway inside a gas station. Those are the most depressing fucking “restaurants” on the planet. Seriously, a gruel bar inside an orphanage would be a happier place.

You're forgetting about the Hunt's Bros. Pizza, on the other side of the gas station.

[Brisketexan 104791]

Just now, Brothahorn said:

You're forgetting about the Hunt's Bros. Pizza, on the other side of the gas station.

An omission for which I should be ashamed.

Because Hunt Bros is VASTLY superior to Subway.

If you're REALLY lucky, it's also one of those gas stations with a deep fryer and a varied menu of fried stuff in a glass case for your dining pleasure.

[Dewey 3284]

My local DQ is a couple of years old. Very nice building, but shitty real food. Alright ice cream and smoothies

I find the newer places, the greese pits just aren't seasoned yet. Things like this take time.

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[RD3 64]

3 hours ago, Stella Link said:

I've been to several DQs that are hole in the walls....very old and outdated.  But the food is always great.  Some of these are competing with very large and new truck stops / convenience stores too.

I ate at the DQ in Hamilton with my dad the last weekend of deer season and it was busy. Old school type.

On the way home, we ate at a DQ off I20 and 281 and it was a brand new one.  Did not like it at all.  Didn't feel like a DQ.

[El Diablo 4232]

The DQ in Elm Mott was remodeled a few years back, they tore down the old one and put up a brand new shiny one. It's got no character. Sterile. See that cloud? I'm fiddna yell at it.

[BearSchlong 8079]

2 hours ago, LonghornJones said:

It seems like just yesterday when I got my hands on a nice, hot Dude. Just felt right.

I've been keto for 3 years but for my last cheat meal I wrapped my lips around a beltbuster.  And regretted it all night.

2 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

The DQs in southwest Missouri have steak fingers in addition to burgers, chicken strips, etc. 

 

Something they do better than Texas DQ: They offer dipped cones in flavors other than chocolate. You can get butterscotch, cherry, or banana flavors dip on them as well. 

Here in Beaumont they sell Chicken and Dumplings at DQ.

[Spankytoes 1739]

4 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:

The ones in NJ are ice cream only.  Hardly the same thing.

Some of them serve food. Just not good food

Edited April 23, 2018 by Spankytoes

[Deej 76642]

My best DQ moment was when I was a kid in the 70's. My dad's little sister moved to Austin with her new husband. He was one of those guys full of himself that you knew had no right to be. He was telling us about this great job he had somewhere and how important it was. One night, parents decided to take us to Dairy Queen. Guess who was working the soft serve machine? Lulz.

[pch 1259]

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

I confess to not having a country basket in....years.  In the last 10 years, probably limited to burger, fries, tacos, and dip cones (and I USED to get a chocolate malt there, but they QUIT CARRYING FUCKING MALT.  WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK???).

Dip cones for sure and ditto on wtff.  That said, there is one over by Will Rogers and one two blocks from my home that I still frequent.  In the 80's, when my folks lived in Nocona, the enchiladas they served up were Dart bowl quality.

[Beau Vine 54058]

When I was in college, I umpired a lot of baseball in the summer to make money.  My supervisor was in the FW chapter and he'd give me all of the men's league games in the small far north Texas tiny towns that no one from FW wanted to drive to (and where you needed to speak Spanish to survive).  Always a double-header on Sunday starting at noon, in Gunter, Nocona, Whitesboro, etc.

Every one of those towns had a DQ.  And after every doubleheader, the other ump and I would be starving after spending 4+ hours in 100 degree heat, and we'd walk into the DQ at about 4:30 pm on a Sunday, and it would be packed.  And usually everyone there turned and gave us a funny look because they didn't recognize us.  It was really bizarre the first couple of times.

DQ really used to be the center of many small Texas towns. 

[wood 11200]

Got dammit. Where the fuck am I gonna get my Dipped Cones?

[chainsaw 9841]

7 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

When I was in college, I umpired a lot of baseball in the summer to make money.  My supervisor was in the FW chapter and he'd give me all of the men's league games in the small far north Texas tiny towns that no one from FW wanted to drive to (and where you needed to speak Spanish to survive).  Always a double-header on Sunday starting at noon, in Gunter, Nocona, Whitesboro, etc.

Every one of those towns had a DQ.  And after every doubleheader, the other ump and I would be starving after spending 4+ hours in 100 degree heat, and we'd walk into the DQ at about 4:30 pm on a Sunday, and it would be packed.  And usually everyone there turned and gave us a funny look because they didn't recognize us.  It was really bizarre the first couple of times.

DQ really used to be the center of many small Texas towns. 

It still is for many.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

 
The Brown Derby has always been a favorite. Good burgers too. And an old time favorite, cherry milk root beer.
 
edit: I'm old, as Simon pointed out.

What’s a cherry milk root beer?


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[Larry T. Spider 1746]

A butterscotch dipped cone sounds amazing

[Newdoc 3437]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

FUCK.  That's one of my go-to jokes.

But....the OLD DQ in Mexia got turned into an italian restaurant by a Croatian (I think) guy.  Really good, and really affordable.

Frankie’s. His brother runs a similar one in Hillsboro.  Pretty solid food but it’s hard for him to find good consistent help.

[Heavy 6 68]

I had a Sonic blast last week.  I went through the drive through and didn’t have to tip the sonic chick.

[orangeut 212]

Most DQs are nasty and the food is inferior.  Like any business, serve a good product and you will survive, if not, bye.

 

[RPM 26268]

The closest DQ to me is the same one I went to in the 60's. They did remodel the bathrooms a couple years ago and added a playground. Catfish on fridays.

[Sandman 3403]

We had DQ in Oklahoma back in the 80s & 90s but they quietly vanished. We just got them back 2-3 years ago, and they serve everything, not just ice cream. I've always hated Dennis the Menace, so that put a damper on getting a blizzard when I was a kid.

We stopped at the DQ in Waco a few years ago. I felt like I had walked into a time capsule from 1987. The floor was so greasy, we could hardly walk. The ceiling tiles were yellowed from smoke and water damage. It was disgusting.

[Jack Burton 35]

Not sure how it started but chicken express needs more love. The catfish on the 620 location made my Sundays

[Stunns38 3438]

My best DQ moment was when I was a kid in the 70's. My dad's little sister moved to Austin with her new husband. He was one of those guys full of himself that you knew had no right to be. He was telling us about this great job he had somewhere and how important it was. One night, parents decided to take us to Dairy Queen. Guess who was working the soft serve machine? Lulz.

Lulz


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[Stunns38 3438]

Went one time to the one in NYC.
It was shitty and they don’t serve steak fingers.



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[EastTexan 662]

1 hour ago, ernest_t_bass said:

What’s a cherry milk root beer?


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Just like it says. Cheery syrup, a little milk in root beer.  Cheaper version of root beer float. 

When you're a kid gotta stretch that quarter.

 

 

[Lat22 4007]

8 hours ago, elfenix said:

DQ outside of texas isn't the same as DQ in texas.  different food, different websites.

I ordered a Hungr-Buster at a DQ in Pine River, MN and the lady looked at me like I was crazy. 

[Dewey 3284]

Lived in Columbus Oh for a summer, saw there was a DQ in walking distance from my apartment, all they had was icecream, which was cool, I smoked a lot of weed back then.

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[Beau Vine 54058]

1 hour ago, Stunns38 said:

Went one time to the one in NYC.
It was shitty and they don’t serve steak fingers.



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[cmontexas 3262]

Hope they can keep up the FoxSW Football Fridays sponsorship

[EMAWesome 101]

9 hours ago, irishtexan said:

As has been mentioned, the DQs outside of Texas basically only serve ice cream/soft serve. They have a shit-ton more options of ice cream than are available in Texas, too.

Decided to stop there on a road trip a few years ago. I got steak fingers and they were absolutely disgusting. Haven't/won't go back unless it's to get a blizzard with the kids

The ones in Kansas sell food too.

 

BTW if you do anything in Clayton, NM you are doing it wrong.  The only possible excuse for winding up in that town would be if you were put into the Federal Witness Protection Program because no one would want to kill you bad enough to go there.  You can drive about 80 miles in any direction from there and not even see a prairie dog town.

[Beau Vine 54058]

5 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

 

BTW if you do anything in Clayton, NM you are doing it wrong.  The only possible excuse for winding up in that town would be if you were put into the Federal Witness Protection Program because no one would want to kill you bad enough to go there.  You can drive about 80 miles in any direction from there and not even see a prairie dog town.

???

How else do you drive to Colorado without going through Clayton?

And that taco truck there is legit.  

We always stop at the Allsups in Texline to get me burritos for breakfast, and then stop at the truck 20 minutes later to get the wife and daughter tacos.

[RPM 26268]

3 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

BTW if you do anything in Clayton, NM you are doing it wrong.  The only possible excuse for winding up in that town would be if you were put into the Federal Witness Protection Program because no one would want to kill you bad enough to go there.  You can drive about 80 miles in any direction from there and not even see a prairie dog town.

There's worse places than Clayton like Texline.