Dairy Queen (Treat) — Restaurant in Newington

The plot thickens; but the blizzard does not.

About a month ago I wrote a review about how they don't flip blizzards at this location anymore. The reason for this, has been discovered. After researching the reason they flip blizzards in the first place is to show that they made it right. There is a "right" way to make a "Blizzard" and they don't flip it because they aren't making them correctly. Most of the staff is probably young and seasonal, so they're not invested in learning or doing it right. I remember as a youth going to a normal dairy queen and really liking it. Now, though, they just hand you a cup of ice cream soup with some junk mixed in and it's not really what it should be. That's why it's not good. That's why they don't flip it. Because it would fall all over the counter. We'll just go to a real ice cream place next time, now that we...

This DQ has been here a very long time. Over the years the only thing that has changed, was the addition of items to their menus and of course as in any business the prices. Every year we look forward to the reopening. To us this is the first sign of spring. Their ice cream is always delicious and their service is always so very friendly and accommodating. Probably the only negative is the limited parking and depending on the time of day, the ability to get back onto the Berlin turnpike due to traffic. All that being said, I hope this DQ does not change a thing. We love it just...

DQ has been advertising $1 cones for little league kids after games if they show up in their uniforms. We went tonight after my daughter's first game, and the kids working behind the counter said they didn't know about the promo and wouldn't honor it. Pretty disappointed for my kiddos. Of course, we bought a cone anyways, but she was excited for her "special" baseball cone. And there is no way to contact the manager to ask about the promo either (phone number just leads to the store with the same...