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Dairy Queen closes 25 Texas locations including two around Dallas

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Two dozen Dairy Queen restaurants across Texas are closing, including two locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the stores' furnishings are up for sale.

Online auction website localauctions.com is currently selling the "complete contents" of 24 Dairy Queen locations to the highest bidder with the auctions closing on Thursday, February 20.

"Multiple Dairy Queen locations are closing their doors and must liquidate the assets," the website says. "Bid on a large variety of restaurant assets and related items that need to be removed from the location."

Included in the list is the Dairy Queen at 5441 Rufe Snow Dr. in North Richland Hills. While Google still shows the location as open, a user review on February 13 says the store was closed when they visited.

"Went last night for ice cream and they were closed. Sad for the local community," the reviewer writes.

One other store in North Texas is also listed: the Dairy Queen at 1509 Corsicana Highway in Hillsboro. A location in Farmers Branch, at 2421 Valwood Pkwy., is also closing.

The remaining 22 stores are spread throughout the state, with the majority located in small towns in East Texas and the Panhandle.

A company spokesperson told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that 25 restaurants across the Texas Panhandle, North Texas, and West Texas/South Plains region have closed.

The auction closes on February 20 and items must be removed by end of the day on Sunday, February 23. Any item not removed from the shuttered restaurant will be considered forfeited, and refunds won't be granted, the website says. Equipment such as soda machines, CO2 tanks, tea brewers, and IT equipment are excluded from the auction.

The full list of Texas Dairy Queens closing is as follows:

301 N. 2nd Street, Canadian
609 W. Broadway Street, Fritch
1850 County Road 11, Panhandle
801 E. Park Avenue, Hereford
1612 Highway 70, Olton
108 Chesnut Street, Idalou
5441 Rufe Snow Drive, North Richland Hills
1509 Corsicana Highway, Hillsboro
200 Legacy Drive, Hewitt
1701 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
304 Highway 79 East, Franklin
4101 Gilmer, Longview
580 N. Interstate 20 E., Waskom
847 E. Sabine Street, Carthage
175 N. Dickinson Drive, Rusk
3121 N. Street, Nacodoches
202 N. Temple Drive, Diboll
602 Interstate 45 S., Huntsville
14421 FM 2920 Road, Tomball
515 S. Washington Avenue, Cleveland
24022 E. Lake Houston Parkway, Huffman
104 Highway 90 East, Dayton
345 Highway 105 West, Sour Lake
34250 US Highway 96 South, Buna

There are still 20 locations in the Dallas area and 15 around Fort Worth.

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Coffee News

French cafe from New York to open at buzzy Dallas center near Lakewood

Maman

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A French cafe chain from New York is bringing its ritzy fare to a buzzy intersection in East Dallas: Maman, a celebrated spot with coffee and brand-name pastries, will open a location in Hillside Village, at 6465 Mockingbird Ln. #316, at the address previously occupied by Palmer's Hot Chicken.

Signage is already up in the space. According to a spokesperson, renovations are underway, with a targeted opening date of early fall.

Famous for its pale blue-and-white toile decor and Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies, Maman was founded in Soho in 2014 by partners Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte, and has expanded across the U.S, with locations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Canada.

They made their Texas debut in November 2025 when they opened a location in the Plaza at Preston Center. There are also plans for another location in Frisco at the new Fields West mixed-use center, as well as a location in Casa Linda Plaza. Still more locations are said to be in the works.

At the favorably situated Hillside Village, they'll be joining tenants such as Sprouts, SusieCakes, and Sephora. The center has undergone an overhaul in the past decade with the addition of new tenants, starting when Sprouts took over the former Stein Mart.

Palmer's was there for five years; they opened in 2020, part of a then-wave of hot chicken places, before exiting the premises in January 2026. A permitting notice for Maman was posted the same week.

Maman will update the space, installing their signature interior touches to create a cozy, European garden atmosphere. They boast a French provincial aesthetic with vintage furniture, wood floors, imported tiles, and signature blue toile that extends to the custom espresso machine.

The cafe will be open during daylight hours with coffee, breakfast and lunch: espresso drinks, tea, and pastries such as croissants, kouign maman, Bundt cakes, tea cakes, and cookies. Heartier breakfast and lunch items include quiche, a breakfast bowl (with potatoes, arugula, bacon, caramelized onions, avocado, and egg), chicken Caesar wrap, and Mediterranean steak sandwich.

Their drinks can be elaborate with rarefied ingredients; for example, a vanilla honey butter latte with sweet corn foam & cornbread crumbs, or a salted tahini honeycomb latte. They also partner up on brand collaborations with food & beverage names such as Martha Stewart.

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