Dairy Queen

As a recovering Blizzard addict, I must admit visiting every Dairy Queen in the Madison area, and many others throughout the US. After my extensive problem, which I freely admit, I hereby attest that the Sun Prairie Dairy Queen is tied (with the Fitchburg Dairy Queen on Fish Hatchery, near the Beltline) as the No. 1 Dairy Queen in Southern Wisconsin, and perhaps the world.
The staff is so nice I’m almost embarrassed. They make me think that people in Sun Prairie are the nicest people anywhere, but perhaps it’s just at DQ. They’re fast. And, I guess most importantly, the Blizzards are truly great.
If I have one complaint (and I guess I do), what’s with the weird drive through, with the blind corner, that immediately shoots you out into the street? It’s impossible to park there and eat, and once you pull out, there’s nowhere obvious to eat anywhere close. This problem should be fixed. But everything else? Really great.

I’m embarrassed to be writing this review.
Why, you ask?
Well it means coping to a number of things:
1. I was at Dairy Queen.
I’ll stop there.
Naw, I’ll keep going…
2. Even though I’m lactose intolerant, there’s just something about a blizzard I can’t say no to.
3. Yes, even Unilocal’s lover of local winds up at a chain every now and again. It’s usually during a dark period or when I’m leaving a meeting in Sun Prairie and I drive by the only DQ I know of in Wisconsin.
4. The basis for my low rating is a terrible blizzard that crushed all my blizzard dreams.
5. The real basis for my low rating is the fact that they took out friers, so gone are the days of crisp «chicken» fingers and white bread… seriously why were the baskets served with white bread?
At the end of the day, the product, and I mean water, maaaaaybe skim milk and flavoring just didn’t meet my expectations as blizzards have before. (I told you, I’m embarrassed) Add to this the fact that when it comes to «Brazier» all you can get is a hot dog swimming in funky hot dog water and there’s little to no reason for me to stop here anymore.
I want to take this opportunity to apologize to Michael’s, Culver’s and most of all Kopps in Milwaukee. I’ll never stray again. You shouldn’t either.

This DQ location has an update: they are now paired with Orange Julius and so had to get rid of the fryers. I’m fine with that; I’m just there for the sugary treats anyhow.
I try not to visit this place too often, as it is completely unredeemable nutritionally. But so yummy! Anyway, I was intrigued by the Blizzard flavor of the month (or, as the sign says, the BLIZZ FLAV): Lemon Meringue. So I buckled the kids in the minivan and headed out. It’s summer vacation, so I don’t feel bad about having them out after 9pm. It seems like most of Sun Prairie felt the same way, because when we got there we were the sixth car or so in line for the drive-​through.
Instead of waiting forever in line with the engine running I parked in the miniscule lot and walked in. I was then second in line behind some squirrely teenage girls. There were three young people working, and they were seriously running their arses off. The young woman who helped the teen in front of me and then me was nothing but professional and courteous. My Blizzards were perfection (Lemon Meringue and Mint Oreo).
I docked a star just because the place is so squished.

Great experience. Great ice cream. Always a good alternative to the restaurant across the parking lot.
DQ rocks…