@ehBeth,
i don't even know if we have any DQ's left in our area, maybe in a food court somewhere, i think all the standalone stores closed in the last few years
funny, i never thought of them as ice cream places, i remember them more for burgers and hot dogs (the dogs were pretty good actually),back in, as they say, the day, the DQ in the big mall down our way was right next to a Laura Secords, now why would i get a machine extruded cone when right next door i could get scoop ice cream