Dairy Queen

Blizzards done right. They always give plenty of ice cream so it seems there’s more vanilla but all the good stuff is in there. My favorite DQ of all I’ve visited… and there have been a lot!

I was only there for a total of 4 minutes (no joke) & our orders were served & paid for! I love a FAST FOOD place that provides exactly what its supposed to! KUDOS!

I grew up with soft serve ice cream the first seven years of my life. My
parents owned a Tastee Freeze at Clark and Hollywood in Chicago.
So, I am a REAL fan of soft serve ice cream. I have purchased ice cream from this Dairy Queen since 1987. The owners then were very friendly, talkative and it was a warm place to go and get an ice cream cone on a Saturday night or after a little league game. However, around 1990, the new owners at the Clarendon Hills location, were not friendly and very stingy. They weighed every cone on a scale. Their hand made dilly bars were ridiculously small. The wife and daughter worked mostly the counter. I actually did not want to go there after a while because they were just so sour and would never hire anyone during the busy summers so the line was ridiculous.
So, then we piled all four of my kids into the minivan and traveled a little further just to go to Bill and Lill’s Dairy Queen in Westmont and Downers area, where every customer was special. Bill and Lill retired and sold it to a nice Indian family that runs the one on Ogden Avenue.
Then, at last! the the sour people sold their Dairy Queen to a Chinese couple and they are so very nice. The wife is very nice and accommodating. Henry is OK and all business. I go in just about twice a month and purchase the sugar free orange bars and the dilly bars. For a special occasion that requires ice cream, I sometimes order a quart of vanilla ice cream. I feel that there could be more done to accommodate people who want to stay and eat there but judging from the sign there must have been a lawsuit about the bench. Some unattended tots or kids must have done something, whatever… The ice cream is good, the place remains orderly and clean and it is my go to place! Now, if they would only keep it open until 10:00 pm on Friday and Saturday nights!!!
P. S. Another Unilocaler complained about the signs. I have never been to a Dairy Queen that actually had a full menu posted. Photos and signs are every where in every store so you just have to study them and look around before ordering anything. And, if you missed something, there is always the next time!!!

OK well… I was a bit confused and overwhelmed with ALL the SIGNS! They need a REAL menu not just pics of what they have or serve. I did not see the caramel pecan praline until AFTER i order a cone because they kind of rush you and make you nervous that you cant take your time to order. It is an OK place. I also did not like the fact that they were not willing to give you extra napkins! HELLO you are serving ICE CREAM!!! Other than the above rant i guess it is an OK place. I can say i would go back but know that i have to research my order prior to going into the store, HEEHEE.

Nice people — Henry and wife… a little overboard on the signs around the store (not real good grammar)…Maybe they feel that customers have been taking advantage of them by returning products that they don’t like after purchasing. Give them a chance. they aim to please the customer!
Get past the cultural idoscycrasies!