Stillwater Dairy Queen closes - planning to reopen downtown

After 38 years of family ownership, the Stillwater Dairy Queen closed its doors on April 2nd. A recent article in the St. Croix Valley Press noted the owner, Paul Williquett, is looking to move to a new location.

Agenda notes from the upcoming Stillwater Planning Commission cite a special use permit request from architects representing Dairy Queen. The proposed location - 317 S. Main Street (view map) - the same building as the St. Croix Crab House.

Its apparent that ice cream shops do the majority of their business in summer. Dairy Queen is obviously looking to capitalize on the tourism the downtown area has during this time. Now we’ll just have to see if local residents will make the trek to Main Street for their favorite Blizzard.

UPDATE:

35 days after I wrote this article, KSTP (a local ABC affiliate) finally covered the story.