Vintage St. Cloud Dairy Queen to close doors after 63 years

A vintage Dairy Queen building in St. Cloud is preparing to dish out its last soft-serve cone Sunday. KARE-TV reports the land where the building sits on Division Street has been purchased by another company, so the business is relocating. The Dairy Queen building opened in 1949, and still has its original refrigerator and stainless steel counter-tops.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Sep 1, 2012

A vintage Dairy Queen building in St. Cloud is preparing to dish out its last soft-serve cone Sunday. KARE-TV reports the land where the building sits on Division Street has been purchased by another company, so the business is relocating. The Dairy Queen building opened in 1949, and still has its original refrigerator and stainless steel counter-tops.

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