Dairy Queen slowly dying

[Parliament 14,157]

3 hours ago, RPM said:

There's worse places than Clayton like Texline Guymon. 

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[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,730]

No appreciation of the Dillybar?
Bunch of heathens around here.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

7 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

???

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.

We had to spend the night there once when we found out they closed the pass. Would not recommend.

[Parliament 14,157]

In parts of our Nation where Whataburger cannot be found, DQ is a passable substitute.

[chainsaw 9,841]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

In parts of our Nation where Whataburger cannot be found, DQ is a passable substitute.

I'd say Sonic gets that crown.   DQ is its own thing.

[kmac30 416]

DQ in Conroe closed a few months ago. It was a shit hole. I went in a few times and no one was there. Walked in, yelled “Hello” and got nothing. Stood there for a couple minutes. Debated making a blizzard. Decided against it. Left. This was at 11:30am. While I was in there a car pulled up to the drive thru. Bell rang. Nothing. They yelled into the mic a few times. When I drove off they drove off.

Needless to say I was shocked 3 months later when I saw the news it was closing.

[Beau Vine 54,058]

1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

I'd say Sonic gets that crown.   DQ is its own thing.

Arguable.  Only because of the slushes. 

If you took slushes off Sonic's menu, then DQ >>>>>>>>>>> Sonic.

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

21 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

40 years ago or so, my grandpa was a Railroad Commission field man in Midland.  When we'd visit, I'd ride along with him.  We stopped at the DQ in Crane one time, and they had breakfast.  Back when DQ didn't serve breakfast.  But as the only place in town, the local DQ said "fuck it, we're gonna serve breakfast."  I remember having some of the best damned biscuits and gravy ever there.  Kinda liked that local DQs would just do their own thing in addition to the standard menu.

I believe some small town DQs leases or franchise fee was based on how many dipped cones they sold.  So as they added different types of desserts and other food, the percentage of sales that were dipped cones dropped significantly.  And the franchise owners were killing it.

[markstanco 12,546]

14 hours ago, Jack Burton said:

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

Why their entrees are 100% fried is dumb.  Have a grilled salad or grilled chicken sandwich on the menu.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,784]

Fuck that. If you don’t want your arteries clogged then go somewhere else.

 

Chicken Express is greatness

[Paper_jam 831]

In the early '80s my family stopped at a DQ for breakfast (do they have breakfast?) or maybe early lunch in Amarillo (I think) on our way to Colorado. I recall the ladies working there were still wearing nightgowns and bathrobes and had their hair up in rollers. It was bizarre.

 

 

 

[Anwar Namtut 344]

Took my daughters to a DQ Saturday night before some car races, so this hits close to home.

[Texas_Rocks 346]

CSB time. When in H.S. a friend’s dad owned the DQ across the street from the campus. We used to go in there all the time in the late hours and eat all kinds of food. We would take the trinket vending machine and turn it upside down and shake it real hard until all the quarters came out, which we used on the video games. There were a few instances when cops would roll up thinking they had a burglary in process. Good times.

The dude also used to give me these half gallon cans of the queso that DQ used. I loved that crap.

[chainsaw 9,841]

I'm still intrigued by the lime Dr. Pepper

[davidg 4,034]

DQ Buffalo has the best soft serve between Houston and Dallas.

[Surly Bevo 24,871]

6 hours ago, markstanco said:

Why their entrees are 100% fried is dumb.  Have a grilled salad or grilled chicken sandwich on the menu.  

This take is stoopy stoopy dumb dumb

[chainsaw 9,841]

Grilled chicken is for crossfitters

[bolverk 29,486]

In the early '80s my family stopped at a DQ for breakfast (do they have breakfast?) or maybe early lunch in Amarillo (I think) on our way to Colorado. I recall the ladies working there were still wearing nightgowns and bathrobes and had their hair up in rollers. It was bizarre.
 
 
 

We stopped at one in Trinidad on the way back from Denver, also in the early '80s. When my dad found they charged extra for fixin's (lettuce, tomatoes & such), he about blew a gasket.

I'd never heard him yell in public before, or since, but he hollered at the top of his lungs: "I AIN'T GONNA PAY EXTRY FOR SOME GOTDAM YANKEE BURGER!!!" And he proceeded to storm out the place.

Come to think of it, I'd never heard him say "gotdam" before, or since. Burgers, serious business.

[Jersey Man10 3,523]

The triple hungerbuster here in my town is 12 bucks wtf

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

So when does the DQ in Alpine get closed?  They already lost their Alcoa.

[Beau Vine 54,058]

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

So when does the DQ in Alpine get closed?  They already lost their Alcoa.

Alco.  And it got replaced by Shopko, which amazingly doesn't seem like a downgrade.

[bolverk 29,486]

Where's Fighting Buck when you need him?

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

Alco.  And it got replaced by Shopko, which amazingly doesn't seem like a downgrade.

Damned auto-correct.

Actually DQ and the other fast-food joints in Alpine should be alright, given the interstate traffic and the half-dozen law enforcement agencies in the area.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

2 hours ago, chainsaw said:

I'm still intrigued by the lime Dr. Pepper

You can get Sonic to make one up for you. Ten or fifteen cents extra.

[Royalfan5 2,348]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Alco.  And it got replaced by Shopko, which amazingly doesn't seem like a downgrade.

It’s got to be pretty Goddamn hard to downgrade from an ALCO

[bolverk 29,486]

You can get Sonic to make one up for you. Ten or fifteen cents extra.

Had a HS friend who would order a cherry lime vanilla Dr Pepper at Sonic. I vaguely recall trying it once and was surprisingly pleased.

[workswithseed 2,042]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

So when does the DQ in Alpine get closed?  They already lost their Alcoa.

It was walking distance for men when I was Alpine. I can't think of anything wrong with it.

[fattyflattie 4,637]

There was one opened in Angleton about 6 months ago. I go every other week.  They have the worst crew there of all the restaurants in town. Steakfingers tho. 

[mulletpelini 5,210]

Been watching this happen for awhile, in the meantime, they just opened up a new one and that fucker has been busy every gotdamn day I drive by it.  About 500 yards down from a pretty good Sonic that's been there for over 40 years.

[AngryBevo 20]

DQ in mexico only serves ice cream, that butterfinger blizzard hit he spot.  That's all I have to add.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,098]

On 4/23/2018 at 12:51 PM, 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.

Yep, these are my favorite, too.  A real blast of nostalgia and steak fingers!

I hope some of those dinosaurs survive. the purge. 

[Ben Tobin 374]

On 4/23/2018 at 12:38 PM, chainsaw said:

DQ is the best thing about a lot of towns in Texas.  I really hope they pull through.

Are you saying DQ is what you like about Texas?

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

It's funny / sad / cool seeing what has happened to old DQ's in Houston. There was one in Sharpstown near where I went to HS that is a shady doctors' office now. The one in Timbergrove / Lazybrook (where I live now) cycled through a Greek or Middle Eastern-run knock-off called Queen Burger and is now Hughie's, blue-collar Texas-Vietnamese fusion food and the best CFS this side of...well, anywhere. (They use filet mignon.)  

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

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Edited April 25, 2018 by MaybeACoordinator
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[Underdog 28,488]

We have both Sonic and DQ up here in Albany and they’re not near as good as they are in Texas.  We do have another DQ about an hour from us that has that same Texas small town feel to it.  Now if we can just get a Whataburger and a Church’s, I’ll be set. 

[Zepol87 9,174]

Had DQ last week in Minneapolis and it was dog shit. 

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

No Dairy King talk?  Seems a bit sexist. 

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

On 4/23/2018 at 12:44 PM, SimonBolivar said:

Whatever you do never eat at the DQ in Clayton, NM. 

Literally every single Texan on their way to the mountains stops there. 

[CHEF DIESEL 126]

1 hour ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Literally every single Texan on their way to the mountains stops there. 

The Allsups in Clayton is nasty. A gigantic toilet of a gas station but has easy access to the highway and cheap gas. Just nasty on the inside.

And...they don't sell Diet Dr Pepper. Black mark and a pox on their house for that.

Edited April 25, 2018 by CHEF DIESEL

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,811]

2 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Literally every single Texan on their way to the mountains stops there. 

Imagine how much bank a well-run Buccees could make on that stretch of road.

[Gene Parmesan 3,993]

It's been years since I've had some ice cream there, and I don't recall ever attempting their food.  This does not hit close to home.

[crash_davis 23,090]

Fucking surly. Came here to read about DQ and got a trip advisor report about bum fuck Egypt NM.  Learning shit everyday.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

Well Colorado is our rightful playground on a count of a decent portion being part of Texas in the past, so it's only reasonable that we all pass through there.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Not reading the whole thread, but my family stopped going to DQ.  Too many times we'd try to drive through to get a little ice cream and they were out toppings.  One time they were out of ice cream.  They have the "blizzard of the month" but they'd run out of the special ingredients by the 12th.  

[Heavy 6 68]

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/dq-will-now-be-enforcing-the-upside-down-blizzard.html

Wonder if it’s still enforced.

If you don’t know, Dairy Queen has this company policy where their signature confection, The Blizzard, is supposed to be served to customers upside down in order to prove its delicious thickness. Obviously, this policy has never been widely enforced from store to store, but starting in 2016 it will be. Yay?

In its “Upside Down or Free” campaign, Dairy Queen promises to flip your Blizzard around in front of you, or you will receive a coupon good for a free Blizzard on your next visit. Yes, even at the drive-thrus. 

So remember: if the next time you order a Blizzard and the minimum wage worker serving you doesn’t mess around with your food before giving it to you, you can call him out on it and look like a dick at the same time for demanding another free Blizzard.

[Zepol87 9,174]

They always do that as they walk up to hand it to me

[Rusty Shackelford 414]

7 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

No Dairy King talk?  Seems a bit sexist. 

They used to have a Dairy Queen and a Dairy King in little Taft, TX.  The King won out.

[GhostRider 169]

The blizzards are decent.  But they cook their burgers on a metal conveyor belt that goes through a type of oven that uses electric heating elements.  That's just wrong.  Fuck 'em.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

4 hours ago, Rusty Shackelford said:

They used to have a Dairy Queen and a Dairy King in little Taft, TX.  The King won out.

There are or were a few of them actually.  But not a chain.  There was one on 59, I think in Louise.  There is one in NE Houston.

[RMac5 1,550]

We stopped in the DQ in Clayton to get drinks and take a pee break last July, wife walked into women’s restroom and immediately came back out and stated we were leaving and never coming back to this DQ. Dalhart has much better options if you plan ahead.