Yes, Bristol, there is no Dairy Queen

Posted By: Jack Krampitz April 7, 2023

By Jack Krampitz

I have always been a bit gullible. I didn’t stop believing in Santa Claus until I turned 15.

But last year, when I was told that Dairy Queen was opening in Bristol, my eyes were filled with visions of “Blizzards” and hot fudge sundaes. Every morning I would wake up and hope to myself, “I bet they broke ground today, DQ is only weeks away.”

Last summer, June ran into July, then August, then September…… you get the idea. My heart began to sink.

As a TBE reporter, I would prod my anonymous city government sources for news of the imminent opening. But the word was always the same, “We haven’t heard anything new.”

I eventually stopped asking, and like that broken-hearted 15-year-old kid looking sadly at the Christmas tree, I have come to the tragic conclusion that Dairy Queen will never come to Bristol.

This is the site where it was supposed to appear, and I regret to say I have seen no hint of either a “D” or a “Q.”

So to the faithful readers of TBE, I offer my sincere apology for getting your hopes up. It was wrong. But please know that no heart in Bristol is more broken than mine.

Yes, Bristol, there is no Dairy Queen. Is there anything I can ever believe in again?

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