Sooo Good

BUSINESS: Sooo Good Southern Bar-B-Que LOCATION: Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, Florida USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Absolutely inspired cold-to-hot transformation of twisty cone on sign into huge pile of fire. PHOTO: DJ

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Greek Corner

BUSINESS: Greek Corner LOCATION: San Diego, California USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Hellenic color scheme does not succeed in drawing the eye away from the DQ ovoids. PHOTO: Carl Gustafson

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Gaston’s Auto Sales

BUSINESS: Gaston’s Auto Sales LOCATION: Saint Catharine’s, Ontario USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Makes ya feel just a little more confident in that used car purchase, doesn’t it? PHOTO: Rob Antonishen

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Filiberto’s

BUSINESS: Filiberto’s LOCATION: Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Not just a Dairy Queen conversion but part of the great legacy of Alberto’s/Roberto’s/Norberto’s/Alanberto’s/ Julioberto’s taco copycats across the Southwestern US! PHOTO: Brian Torwelle

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Dairy K

BUSINESS: Dairy K LOCATION: 84th St SW, Mukilteo, Washington USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Okay folks! We need to change the name from “Dairy Queen” to “Dairy Qu… Q… K… Dairy K!” PHOTO: Megan and Matt Fesinmeyer

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River Bend

BUSINESS: River Bend LOCATION: Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, Texas USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen (ya think?) CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Good lord! None. PHOTO: Nigel Gripp

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Hang’s Express Chinese Restaurant

BUSINESS: Hang’s Express Chinese Restaurant LOCATION: US 13, Dover, Delaware USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Actually I can still see the post-holes where the old DQ sign used to hang on the front. I guess Hang did

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Hertz

BUSINESS: Hertz Rent-A-Car LOCATION: The Queensway, Etobicoke, Ontario USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Impressive conversion from fun to boring. NOTE: This DQ actually moved across the street to share space with a Money Mart! PHOTO: Liz Clayton

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Coffee Time

BUSINESS: Coffee Time LOCATION: Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Coffee Time stores all look ridiculous and un-uniform, so this is as good as any. PHOTO: Liz Clayton

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Big Bites Ice Cream & Burgers

BUSINESS: Big Bites Ice Cream & Burgers LOCATION: Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario USED TO BE A: Dairy Queen CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Continued implementation of well-proven “frosty treats served in barn” ideology. PHOTO: Liz Clayton

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