Dairy Queen

I’ve been a patron of this DQ for several years, whether it’s for hockey gatherings, a quick cone or custom birthday cakes, they always deliver with a smile.
As far as DQ goes it’s pretty much the same food and icecream novelties you grew up on which is great, the nostalgia gets me every time :)
The only downside is that service can be a little slow and a renovation needs to happen as the place is looking a little dingy.
Other than that, do get your kids birthday cakes here, the artist is amazing. I’ve gotten images done over the years ranging from super Mario, spongebob, angry birds, teenage mutant ninja turtles and more! If the artist can’t free hand the image they will do an edible sugar paper one for a nominal charge.
Keep at it Huntington hills DQ! See you soon!

Loves this location;) There are typically 15 year olds working the drive thru (never been inside) and each and everyone of those kids is pretty much the most pleasant, polite and helpful kid I’ve ever met. The manager must be an amazing judge of character because I’ve never had a negative experience here. The lines are sometimes long (i.e. Sun afternoons) and when I get up to the window, there is an apology and a blizzard awaiting me. But I’ll always brave the line up knowing there is a smile waiting at the end. Unfortunately I have moved from this part of town and I’m cutting back (have you ever looked up the amount of calories in a blizzard?) but whenever I come this way I do check them out and I urge you to too!

I grew up in a small town in Northern BC and Dairy Queen was there long before McDonald’s showed for the party. In fact I remember when Blizzards first came out… hmmm does that age me?!
And so DQ holds a special place in my heart and we venture to the nearest DQ when we feel the urge for soft ice cream or a blizzard.
On this day that we visited DQ my son wanted a hot dog. We maybe eat hot dogs twice a year and he decided he wanted one for supper as it was just the 2 of us. After a long day of not listening battles I gave in easily as the «choose your battles» song rang through my head. And off to DQ we went for a hot dog.
While we were there the smell of deep fried onion rings also sang to me and I gave in to the rings for the first time in years. We grabbed our grub and headed for home to indulge.
While those rings tasted good going in… an hour later the bloating affects of deep fried onion rings set in.
In the end my son was happy with his hot dog (although would have been happier if they would not have put mustard on it) and I remembered why I rarely eat deep fried foods like this. You can take the girl out of the small town but ya can’t take the small town out of the girl ;).

How much do I love BLIZZARDS? (rhetorical question.)
…but a lot is definitely the right response. Today six of us went to this location after a beautiful, hot day of intense Mini Golf (yes, it can totally be intense when its your only sport) for some coooool down treats. It’s very similar to most DQ’s and was at least very clean with speedy service. The order was received well without issue, prepared fast and everyone smiled. Perfect when you just want a quick ice cream (or a Caramel Toffee Nut blizzard to be exact). I was pleased with this location and would return again for sure (I do have one location I would never return to — so it’s not always a sure thing.)
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