Dairy Queen - is it coming back in Laconia?
I heard that DQ was remodeling and going to add a drive thru window, and maybe "food" ... there is certainly alot of construction at the site on Union Avenue.. Anybody have any info? Also, what's going on two sites away-on the other side of the pink house building - is that going to be parking for DD ?
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Dq???????/
My guess is a new DQ and DD?
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I heard an Orange Julius as well!
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The construction on the other side of the Hathaway House (pink building) is a new Dunkin Dougnuts to replace the one on the other side of the road.
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Early Season
I believe I read in the Lacona Daily Sun that they were putting up a brand new building with Orange Julius and a drive through! The reason why they closed before Labor Day is so they could start construction and hopefully be open at the end of February!
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i think they should keep the dairy queen and not go for the orange julius. OJ looks very bland. i have never heard of it and it looks to wierd for me. not a lot of people from the area wouldnt go there. i sure wouldnt. nothing can beat a large reeses peanut butter cup blizzard on a 85 degree summer day.
bring on the new dairy queen. cant wait. :D:D:D:D:D |
I cannot wait for the new building to open up. I love Orange Julius-enjoy their smoothies. I enjoy Dairy Queen's ice cream and cakes as well. Too much ice cream today is that trans fat free stuff and it tastes like it-yuck. I don't know about DQ but if they have jumped on that bandwagon, it does not taste it thankfully. It still tastes good to me.
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Back in the day...
Anyone remember the Orange Julius that was at the Mall of NH? Back when that mall was practically the only "good mall" in the state? Ah, those were the days! :D
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Orange Julius? Are you kidding me? Where did you guys here this? I so hope it's true. I love Orange Julius. Whenever I am shopping at the Mall of New Hampshire it's my first stop. They were always at the Mall's in Massachusetts where I grew up, but seemed like nobody knew what they were when I came up here. That made my night to hear that!
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Orange Julius
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Manchester Mall "Orange Julius"
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I didn't know OJ was still around... I remember it from the Newington Mall but hadn't seen it down south or elsewhere for years....
.... now, if we could just get a Sonic up here.... (sorry... guilty pleasure.) |
Chick Filet
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Chik-Fli-A... now you have me craving those little slider sandwiches with pickles... :D
Or maybe Hardees or Shoney's... (Hardees' biscuits rock!) (I used to work at the Shoney's in Nashville, TN that was located just below Sawyer Brown's business office - yes, I've met them all and they were all super nice guys!) Sorry to derail this but you can't talk about fast food or chains and not gravitate to the South where they chains are just so different than what we've got up here... :) |
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If you want good burgers-try Five Guys. Great fries too. And they have Mr Pibb!(called Pibb Xtra now but still good). My husband and I were in the new Nashua store on Saturday. Line out the door but everything was orderly and went quickly. We spoke with the owner-who said the next store will be going in Manchester-where the old Tweeter was. He also was looking at the Lakes region but it probably would be the Tilton area for year round business and proximity to 93.
I like Sonic too- I like their funky drinks. Whenever we are in NJ or FL, we usually head to one. I believe they just opened their first Sonic in Mass a short while back. |
One place that I wish would spread out from the SW and get into the rest of the county is In 'n Out Burger.
Best fast food burgers, fries and shakes by a country mile. I understand it is family owned; were they to franchise, and somehow maintain quality control, it would trounce the competition. Almost a cult in So Cal. |
Sonic and sliders
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We have a Sonic about two miles from me here...nothing against it, but I'd like to trade it in for a Dunkin' Donuts! A DQ would be nice, too. A funny story about regional differences...in New England we always referred to sliding glass doors to a patio, etc., as "sliders". Here, as AW mentioned, those are little, tiny burgers. I can get some hilarious "looks" when I am talking about sliders as doors! |
WinnDixie,
This is a running joke between my wife me regarding DDs. We have 8, count'em 8Dunkin Donuts in Southington, CT. I'll trade you 7 of them for 1 sonic.:laugh::laugh: |
Ct.
My understanding is Sonic has an option on a piece of property in Wallingford Ct. They have not gone to P & Z yet but plan to soon. So they are now entering New England.:liplick:
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Oj & dq
They have teamed up! They just did over the DQ in Ipswich, MA and it now serves both! Very cool and very popular!:coolsm:
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Maybe I need to try the Sonic, though, before I let it go...I never have! When my NH family came to visit last fall ,they HAD to go try it. It's that good, huh?? |
sonic rt. 1 Saugus Ma.
There is a Sonic on the north bound side of rt. 1 in Saugus. Opened this summer I think. We went a few weeks ago they were very busy.
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Thanks Don. The headline reminds me of when Crispy Creme came to CT. Lines so long the local police had to direct traffic in and out of a 1 square mile area. Funny thing was though that after the hoopla of opening and about 6-8 months of diminishing lines the place closed only 2 years after it opened.:laugh:
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An Arby's would be nice, or an In-N-Out Burger would be perfect.
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Starbucks
Trivia tidbit...
Seattle had 72 Starbucks within the city limits when I lived there. Some were LITERALLY across the street from one another. No lie. |
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When I lived down South, I'd have given my right arm for Ben & Jerry's, Dunkin Donuts, and marshmallow fluff. :liplick: And a properly made Italian sandwich! |
A raspberry limeade!! So, So Good! I think I'm going to sell my company and become a food marketing consultant! So many people let companies know exactly what they want. :)
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There is an Arby's here where I live dont really care for it not many choices of sides and the food here is mediocore at best maybe its just this one but I never go there much at all.
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Arbys is the king!
Select Arby's have brought back the 5 beefs for $5 promotion. The original $1 menu, and still the best of all the $1 options!!!
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Dairy Queen Predecessor
The original soft-serve business at the Union Avenue location was Tastee-Freez. It opened some time in the 1950's. In its early days soft-serve was known as frozen pudding, and may still be called that in some parts of the country. After Tastee-Freez opened in Laconia, the product generally became known as Tastee-Freez here. A few years later (in the 1970's) another small stand called Dari-Land opened at McIntyre Circle (next to the Big Banana building). It was the first to offer flavors other than the usual vanilla and chocolate. Their orange-pineapple was a treat and a-half.
Getting back to the Tastee-Freez location, a man by the name of Harry Gallup sold Christmas trees there for several seasons. I recall that he ran an ad in the Citizen which read, "Dollar Trees At Tastee-Freez". Try getting a tree for a buck these days! |
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Sonic just opened on RT1 in Danvers, MA, haven't been there yet but it is always busy, even at midnight on Wednesdays! If one were drving from Winni to CT, you could go down 95 and get off/on RT1 and hit Sonic en route, sure a bit extra travel but it's an option.
ERICP........Sonic opened up there new store on rt.#1 North in Peabody,Ma :liplick: |
Dq
Speaking of all these fast food places: I lived in Florida back in the '80s, and 3 of my favorites were Taco Viva (Mexican), Bojangles (Chicken) and Long John Silvers (Fish). I believe there's a Long John Silvers in the Boston area, but I've never seen the other two around here. As for DQ, we had a few down here in RI when I was a kid, but I don't think there are any down here now. They only had soft serve ice cream back then, if I recall, but it was always a treat.
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The new dq is open!
The new Dairy Queen / Orange Julius is open for business complete with a drive-thru. I experienced the traffic (and sampled some ice cream) the other day. As I approached (from Friendly's side) I saw several cars in the turning lane (headed north) trying to turn into DQ but the cars were stacked up at the drive-thru and blocking the entrance. I chose to drive past QD and pull into the lot next door and walk over. While there (about 20 minutes) I saw the traffic problems continue.
:eek: This is gonna be a real problem when the summer months get here and the traffic is busier in and around DQ! I am glad to see they now serve hot dogs though I was hoping they would expand the DQ menu to include burgers and more. :liplick: |
Great To See Them Back...
A little History, although a little off topic. They have always been a great outfit. ;)
Back in the day, I'm talking late fifties, a Dairy Queen had closed and the building was torn down leaving an empty parking lot next to Fordge Pond on route 18 in East Bridgewater MA. Us kids would gather there to enjoy the waterfront and reminisce about the Awesome Ice Cream. :liplick: There are some great Dairy Queens here in Texas, and I don't know how hi-test they are go'in to go up there in NH, but they serve gourmet tex-mex, burgers, salads, Onion'en rings and fries here what's pretty dang good! :liplick: :look: It Is good news for me to see that another part of history is being restored to the Lakes Region! Best wishes to y'all Terry _____________________________ |
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I was going to stop last Friday for an Orange Julius (have not had one in years, Yum) but the traffic going in was a problem, looked like a toll booth. Hopefully next time I am passing thru there I can score. |
After the dust settles, I know a little 8 year old boy who would absolutely love to try DQ for the first time... (this is a kid that asks for sundaes for suppa... on a hot summer day I admit to giving in a few times...) :D
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We went by earlier in the week and the line was backed up and parking did not exist. I do not understand why DQ put in less parking than what they had before:confused:. hopefully we'll get there to have a julius:liplick:.
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I went to the DQ after the Laconia Home Show Yesterday.. I had to wait in the middle strip on the road for 2 to 3 mins before I could enter the parking lot. Parking is going to be a major problem.
I noticed the speaker for the drive-thru was way too far back. You have to order at the front of the drive-thru, this causes the backup into the road. Also the cars that are parked can’t leave because they are blocked by the cars in line. They could get more cars in the drive-thru if they put the speaker to the other end of the building. This might help a little but there is going to be major problems. Oh yea, The ice cream was excellent and the large cone was completely filled to the bottom. |
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Stopped by.
It is obvious, it is a drive thru than a drive in. Good luck with that!
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Accidents are waiting to happen
Is it just me, or is the Dairy Queen parking lot set up in a really bad way? You have people going out the entrance and people coming in the exit...as the weather gets warmer, it's going to be awful!! Be ready LPD, you'll be seeing a bunch of accidents there this summer.
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You don't need 3 guesses as to where I am headed. :rolleye1: :laugh: |
It's supposed to be about 60 degrees here today and tomorrow... Maybe we should set up some lawn chairs, fill some coolers, and watch the action from across the street from DQ... it's gonna be nutz!
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Just wondering
Liked DQ and did visit when I lived up there, and I can picture what you all are saying about the traffic problem. I also was a regular at Dunkin Donuts and remember what trouble is possible there. If the big "donut truck" was there..forget it--drive on by. So I am wondering, don't these traffic problems get taken into consideration when permission is granted for such new changes as DQ now has? Is the thinking that it'll iron itself out when the newness wears off? I would doubt this will happen.
Now, RI Swamp Yankee, you have cut to the chase..."Sawyers"!! We have a change bowl collecting $$ for Sawyers when we come up! Ummmm! |
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five years his bank held my mortgage. $135.10 a month for 25 years with never a payment missed. Now, fast forward to today's experience with Wall Street and the bankers. Now the money being spent to buy our representatives in congress and the house of Representatives the destruction of middle class wealth and our insistence on fighting to protect other countries who don't appreciate our efforts are destroying the moral of the people. What ever happened to the Spirit of this country where your heart used to skip a beat to hear the Star Spangled Banner. When I used to traveled over seas I was very proud of the U.S. and most people were always envious of our country, that has changed.. It does not appear that our children will never know or experience those day's. |
56 replies to a thread about Dairy Queen... wow...
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soooo funny!!
Argie's wife...your post is so funny I am sitting here alone and laughing my head off!! Have a great weekend!
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IMO the new layout at the Laconia DQ appears to be ill conceived. It will cause traffic to back up on Union Avenue and in addition I believe the new layout with it's lack of the picnic tables has changed the character of the DQ for the worse.
Prior to the change it was a place where local families could congregate and enjoy their treats in a leisurely fashion, which was a large part of the experience. It seems that the new layout is designed to just move folks out a.s.a.p.:confused: |
Long John Silvers
Thanks to Broadhopper and EricP. When I'm up there in August, I will stop at the Long John Silvers in Concord. Just for old times sake. Blast from the past, so to speak.
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Also, for us its a toss up between sawyers and jordans! |
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I sometimes go by between 8am and 10am, including today Saturday, and see the same vehicle(s) parked in reverse direction that parking is designed and striped. What's with that? Must be shift managers. The spaces are angled to go head in, but drivers find a way to back in. Beyond common sense, as they are near the doors. If I were owner/manager/employee, I'd park not afraid to walk so that clients can park efficiently. |
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2 Sonics in N. MA
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Peabody MA off 95/128 (Route 1/exit 44) Wilmington, MA off 93 (exit 40), close to 95 (exit 35) & 495 (exit 38) Food is not the best, but the shakes and drinks are fantastic. I highly recommend the peanut butter fudge shake! |
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