Lauren Drewes Daniels
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Have you ever wanted to own a piece of Dairy Queen? Maybe the ice cream machine to make your own Blizzard at home? The DQ sign for your front yard? You probably haven’t ever wanted this, nor have you ever thought it would even be possible. But today, those unrealized dreams might come true.
In a sudden announcement, Dairy Queen closed 24 locations across Texas, including one in North Richland Hills. As it stands, all DQ locations in Dallas proper remain open.
Immediately following the closure, all 24 locations were listed on an online auction site, where you can bid for the complete contents of what remains inside the fast food restaurant. This includes kitchen equipment, booths, chairs, a walk-in freezer and, yes, the ice cream machine. Coke machines, CO2 tanks, tea brewers, IT equipment and the ice machines are not included.
The auction’s only stipulation is that the winning buyer must remove the DQ sign from the building, and that contents must be removed by Friday, Feb. 28. Currently, bids on some locations are as low as $410, a deal so amazing that it prompted Dallas Observer news writer Alyssa Fields to ask, “Should we go halfsies on this for the office?”
If you don’t want Dallas’ alt-weekly paper to be ice cream drunk during business hours, we suggest getting in on the action here. Bidding closes on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 12 p.m.
