Blizzard brewing: New Dairy Queen opens in Owasso - Tulsa World
1940: First Dairy Queen store opens in Illinois. 1998: International Diary Queen Inc. 2012: Vasari buys dozens of Dairy Queen locations in bankruptcy proceedings. March 2015: Vasari announces plans for new Dairy Queens in Tulsa area. Monday: New Diary Queen opens in Owasso. Tulsa used to have plenty of Dairy Queens — a 1979 phone book listed 18 in the area, though the next year showed just four. For many years, the only Dairy Queens were the mall location that opened in Woodland Hills in 1995, and one that was open inside Tulsa Promenade mall for a time. The last time I ate at a DQ was many years ago on my way back from a hunting trip to Liberal, Ks. There is one in Alva, Ok. I had a real hankering for some ice cream. I couldn't eat it, we then stopped at Braum's, no comparison, Braum's has real ice cream. If you would like to receive unlimited digital access to tulsaworld. com, please subscribe to one of our digital-only packages. If you would like the newspaper delivered to your home and unlimited digital access, please subscribe to one of our print + digital packages. Source: www.tulsaworld.com
