First Florence then Muscle Shoals and then Town Creek ... all gone. Seems like, at least if they are still there, Lawrenceburg, TN and/or Russellville, Alabama are the only two locations left unless you want to drive to Madison, Alabama.
I can totally understand why Florence closed, given it's shape and location and with the new road coming through but I believe it closed long before the Helton Drive extension was advertised. I heard that the Florence location was owned by an elderly guy who could do pretty much what he wanted, due to the agreement he signed with Dairy Queen long ago. I also heard the Muscle Shoals closed due to the owner not being willing to upgrade the store as Dairy Queen insisted he do. I don't know for sure either way but I do miss Dairy Queen and hate that there isn't one anywhere nearby any longer. They were actually pretty reasonable as well or at least I thought they were for what you got.
Although not as reasonable I also miss the mall's Baskin Robbins 31 flavors and between Baskin Robbins and Dairy Queen a lot of ice cream cakes were sold in the area.
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