page_title: Dairy Queen
section_title: Dairy Queen Brazier
hierarchical_section_title: Dairy Queen / Stores / Dairy Queen Brazier
caption_attribution_description: English: A Dairy Queen Brazier in Edmonton, Alberta
context_page_description: Dairy Queen is an American multinational chain of soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. International Dairy Queen, Inc., also owns Orange Julius, and formerly owned Karmelkorn and Golden Skillet Fried Chicken.
  The first DQ restaurant was located in Joliet, Illinois. It was operated by Sherb Noble and opened for business on June 22, 1940. It served a variety of frozen products, such as soft serve ice cream.
  The company's corporate offices are located in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, Minnesota.
context_section_description: The name "Brazier" originated in 1957 when one of the company's franchisees, Jim Cruikshank, set out to develop the standardized food system. When he witnessed flames rising from an open charcoal grill (a brazier) in a New York eatery, he knew he had found the Brazier concept.
  The "Brazier" name has been slowly phased out of signage and advertising since 1993, although it has not been removed from all existing signage, especially in many smaller towns and rural locations. Since the early 2000s, new or renovated locations which are similar to Brazier restaurants in terms of size and menu selection, but have been updated with the current logo and/or exterior, usually carry the name "DQ Restaurant", although the website's store locator still lists the stores that do not carry the "Grill & Chill" name as "Dairy Queen Brazier" and the smaller stores "Dairy Queen Ltd Brazier" and "Dairy Queen Stores".
  However, the company website still considers its burger and hot dog lines as "Brazier Foods", according to the history section and some FAQ listed topics on the website.
caption: A Dairy Queen Brazier in Edmonton, Alberta. This DQ was renovated into a Grill & Chill.
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