Space Capsule Sighting at a DQ® Restaurant
Posted by Lisa Y under In the Community on
I have been a fan of the DQ® system for decades, and grew up with a small walk-up store near my childhood Minneapolis home. During my lifetime so far, I’ve watched the brand evolve yet keep its nostalgic feel. It is a significant part of not only my history, but also the memories of many, many others. A DQ® restaurant operator in Franklin, Pa., has taken this history idea to a whole new level—there is a six-ton, genuine NASA space capsule right in the front yard of the restaurant. It seems NASA had a number of capsule “shells” constructed after an abortive 1961 Mercury mission. The ill-fated capsule’s hatch blew, leaving the craft to sink into the Atlantic Ocean before crews could retrieve it, although that spacecraft was recently recovered. After that, NASA used the extra capsules in training; they’d parachute them into the ocean so Navy frogmen could practice retrieving them. This particular space capsule came to be in front of the DQ® restaurant because the operator purchased it after he heard of it sitting at a U.S. government junkyard nearby. What unique or interesting items have you seen displayed in front of DQ® locations?
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My wife is stopping by the local DQ to pick up a treat for us. I can’t remember the name of what I want so I jump on line to check out the website. I want to see a big menu with all the choices just like I see in the store. Instead I see a couple of big pictures at a time. Treats and Eats with four pictures on each one. Maybe that is how you think your menu is logically organized but I spend minutes clicking around and can’t find what I want.
I want a single page that lists all the choices. What you have is like looking at the menu through a straw held in someone else’s hand. I’m really frustrated that I can’t just see a list.
Get rid of the time consuming click back and forth menu and put the choices on a page. Or at least supplement the needlessly interactive monster with a simple list of stuff like varieties of sundaes.
This is close! I figured out what I wanted!
http://www.fastfoodsource.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107&Itemid=338
Sorry to hear that you had trouble with DairyQueen.com and our online menu. I will tell you this we are looking at changing the look and feel of our menu online so that it is a little easier to find everything.
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