People line up for ice cream treats every March 1 at this Minnesota Dairy Queen. Why? It's tradition скачать в хорошем качестве

People line up for ice cream treats every March 1 at this Minnesota Dairy Queen. Why? It's tradition

(2 Mar 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Moorhead, Minnesota – 1 March 2026 1. Various Dairy Queen worker serving soft serve ice cream 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Protextor, Customer: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “History. I've been doing this for years and years on March 1st. This is the best Dairy Queen around.” 3. Various customers waiting in line 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Bergseid, First customer in line: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “You wait all year, and you just gotta have that. And they have the best dilly bars. They're the first ones. And they have the special barbecue recipe. No other one tops it.” 5. Various worker serving ice cream cone 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Troy DeLeon, Owner: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “This is our 77th year, and not very many restaurants can say anything like that.” 7. Man brining ice cream to wife 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Protextor, Customer: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “My wife wants a butterscotch milkshake. You cannot get a butterscotch. You can get caramel, but not butterscotch, at any other Dairy Queen around this area.” 9. Various Dairy Queen workers preparing ice cream 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Troy DeLeon, Owner: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “Years ago, Dairy Queen used to make everything in store. We still make all of our dilly bars, all of our DQ sandwiches. Every novelty that we have, except for the pre-manufactured ones, special ones like a Heath Toffee bar, we do not make here. But everything else we still manufacture, just like it was intended to be in 1949.” 11. Various Dairy Queen signage 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Bergseid, First customer in line: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “I think I'm gonna sit down on the table. They got them all ready to frost off. I'm wearing them enough to out, so I can have my ice cream before it won't melt. That's a nice thing.” 13. People eating ice cream outside 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Troy DeLeon, Owner: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “This is beautiful today. I mean, it's a little chilly, but the sun's shining, it'll get a little warmer.” 15. Various people eating ice cream wearing mittens 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Protextor, Customer: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ “Like I say, I've been here when it was eight below zero, you know? So it's okay.” 17. Customers waiting in line in wearing winter clothing STORYLINE: It's still winter in Minnesota, but for the people lined up Sunday in single-digit cold at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, spring is in the air. The annual March 1 opening of the 77-year-old walk-up ice cream shop is a tradition, no matter the weather. Heavy snow, subzero cold — people will brave a blizzard for a Blizzard. “History. I've been doing this for years and years on March 1st. This is the best Dairy Queen around,” said Jerry Protextor, a retired pastor standing in line for a butterscotch milkshake and a chocolate-mint Blizzard. March is very much a winter month in the Upper Midwest, though the weather can vary wildly. The annual opening of the Dairy Queen “heritage store” brings the hope of spring and a familiar promise for people who need something to look forward to, especially with unrest in the world, owners Troy and Diane DeLeon said. An average of 1,200 customers stop by on the opening day. Some show up early and wait in their cars. Being first in line brings yearlong bragging rights. The store typically closes in late October. Julie Bergseid arrived before 7 a.m. to be first in line after two years in a row as second. “It won't melt. That's the nice thing," Bergseid said. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...