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DQ back in Hooterville; What's next -- Allsup's?

Hooterville Falls has finally hit the big time.
Now we are right up there on the map with Archer City, Holliday, Henrietta and Saint Jo.

Yes, my friends, Dairy Queen has returned to our town.
No longer do you have to drive 20 or 25 miles to a town 50 times smaller than us just to get a dip cone or a Blizzard.

But having been a Hootervillan all my life, I suggest that if you get to the point that you can't live without a Belt Buster, you go ahead and drive to Archer or Holliday or Henrietta.
It will probably be quicker than to wait in one of those long lines that always happen when some new eating place opens here.

We probably have the worst Jack in the Box on the planet, but it took a month or two or long lines before we really knew it.

Back 30 years ago, it seemed like there was a Dairy Queen on every corner of our town.
But they disappeared quicker than Bobby Johnson.

I can remember 10 former Dairy Queen locations here.
The first was the walk-up DQ in the 1900 block of 9th Street.
That little DQ at one time had the best burger in town.
And some of today's best burger joins -- Scott's, Gene's, Pat's and Ronnie's -- had roots in that first DQ.
The building is now vacated.

Next came what we used to call the Red Barn Dairy Queen on Jacksboro Highway. It is now Callahan Autoplex. The roof is no longer red.

Other former Dairy Queens in Wichita Falls are now:
Sunrise and Shine Omelet Grill on Jacksboro Highway.
A little family Mexican restaurant just south off Southwest Parkway on Fairway.
Texas Donuts --13th and Holliday.
Don Jose Mexican Restaurant -- 10th and Kemp.
What used to be Taco Mayo (and before that The Quarter Place) on Kemp.
2009 Maurine Street -- just across the street from Long John Silver's.
The was also one across from the mall -- in the vicinity of Georgann's Craft Mall -- but the building has been torn down.
And there was one in the City View area of the Old Iowa Park Road.

Why they all closed down I don't know.

But there are more than 5,900 Dairy Queens in this world -- in 22 countries.
More than 600 or those are here in Texas
Finally, Wichita Falls is once again a part of DQ Country.

What's next -- an Allsup's?

Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)