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New DQ Grill & Chill® Restaurant Opens in Oklahoma City

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New restaurant serves up Dairy Queen® iconic soft-serve treats, flavorful foods and the new DQ Bakes!™ menu.

August 17, 2015 // Franchising.com // OKLAHOMA CITY – The Dairy Queen® system has announced the opening of a DQ Grill & Chill® restaurant located at 14430 N. Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City, creating more than 50 jobs. This location is the newest Dairy Queen restaurant in a family of more than 6,600 restaurants world-wide committed to offering every fan a place where they can relax and share a great meal and one-of-a-kind soft-serve treats.

The 3,200-square-foot DQ Grill & Chill restaurant can seat 96 guests inside and outside, and also offers a convenient drive-thru window. The Oklahoma City DQ Grill & Chill restaurant has added more than 50 new jobs, contributing to Oklahoma City’s employment growth. The new restaurant also will contribute to the state’s restaurant sales which, according to the National Restaurant Association, are projected to increase by 3.4 percent this year.

“We are excited to open our third DQ Grill & Chill restaurant in Oklahoma and welcome the community to enjoy our full menu of cravable food items, signature and innovative treats, our new DQ Bakes!™ menu and Orange Julius® Premium Fruit Smoothies and Julius® Original drinks,” said restaurant operator David L. Jones.

The menu at the Oklahoma City DQ Grill & Chill restaurant features a range of food options for DQ® Fans, including the system’s value meal, the $5 Buck Lunch, which is available daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at this location. Fans have a choice of two Crispy Chicken Wraps, a Bacon Cheeseburger or 3-piece Chicken Strip Lunch, which are all served with fries, a beverage and choice of a sundae. For just $1 more, fans also will have the option to upgrade their small sundae to a small Blizzard® Treat.

The Oklahoma City DQ Grill & Chill restaurant also serves the new DQ Bakes! menu, which includes nine hot-from-the-oven and made-to-order items across three categories that will surprise and delight fans, such as Hot Desserts à la Mode, Artisan-Style Sandwiches and Snack Melts.

• Desserts à la Mode combine hot and cold for a satisfying treat: Triple Chocolate Brownie: A warm, chocolate brownie made with a blend of milk, semi-sweet and bittersweet chocolate, drizzled with Cocoa Fudge™ and choco chunks, served hot from the oven with cold, creamy DQ vanilla soft serve; Apple Tart: A flaky dessert crust topped with Granny Smith apples, rolled oats, butter and brown sugar, and drizzled with caramel, served hot from the oven with cold, creamy DQ vanilla soft serve; and Fudge Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie: A warm, decadent chocolate chip cookie made with semi-sweet chocolate chips, a dark fudge center, and drizzled with Cocoa Fudge, served hot from the oven with cold, creamy DQ vanilla soft serve.
• The Artisan-style Sandwiches served hot using both ciabatta and basil-cheese focaccia breads: Chicken Bacon Ranch: All white meat marinated grilled chicken, aged Swiss cheese and hickory smoked bacon, topped with creamy ranch, fresh tomato and lettuce, served hot from the oven on an artisan-style ciabatta roll; Chicken Mozzarella: Signature all white meat crispy chicken strips, mozzarella cheese and rich marinara sauce, served hot from the oven on an artisan-style basil cheese focaccia roll; and Turkey BLT: Oven-roasted turkey breast, aged Swiss cheese and hickory smoked bacon topped with mayo, fresh tomato and lettuce, served hot from the oven on an artisan-style ciabatta roll.
• Snack Melts beat boring snack wraps, giving Fans a whole new way to snack with hot snack melts that feature premium ingredients: Buffalo Chicken: Filled with all white meat marinated grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing and real cheddar cheese, then toasted to perfection; Chicken Bacon BBQ: Filled with all white meat marinated grilled chicken, smokey BBQ sauce, hickory smoked bacon and real cheddar cheese, then toasted to perfection; and Chicken Quesadilla: Filled with all white meat marinated grilled chicken, fresh tomatoes and onions, ripe California olives and real cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses, then toasted to perfection.

Fans will find all of their favorite treats and beverages, such as the iconic Blizzard Treats, DQ Cakes, a wide variety of other soft-serve items and the full line of Orange Julius® fruit-blended beverages. All Orange Julius Premium Fruit Smoothies Julius® Original drinks are available in eight flavors including Orange, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Tripleberry®, Mango Pineapple, Berry Pomegranate, OrangeBerry and Piña Colada. The Orange Julius Premium Fruit Smoothies are fresh-blended to order with real fruit and low-fat yogurt.

For more information about the Dairy Queen system, visit DairyQueen.com. Connect with the DQ system on Twitter using #LOVEmyDQ and follow the system at twitter.com/dairyqueen. Visit the DQ Facebook fan page, which has more than 9.9 million fans, and become a fan at facebook.com/dairyqueen.

Oklahoma City DQ Grill & Chill restaurant at a glance:

Address: 14430 N Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73134

Phone: 405-418-4109

Employees: 50 plus on a continuous basis

Square Footage: 3,200 square feet

Number of Seats: 96

Hours of Operation: The new restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily:

• Lobby: 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Drive Thru: 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

About IDQ

International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ), based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. Through its subsidiaries, IDQ develops, licenses and services a system of more than 6,600 locations in the United States, Canada and 27 other countries. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire), which is led by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire. For more information visit DairyQueen.com.

SOURCE International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ)

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