Dairy Queen, Grove City, OH (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Thu, Mar 2, 2006 2:11 PM Name:Dairy Queen Type:restaurant Street:1779 Stringtown Rd City:Grove City State:OH Zip:43123 country:USA Phone: Status:operational Description: Hours: 11 AM to 10 PM This is a tiki-themed Dairy Queen, not a full-on tiki restaurant. But the owners could not have done it more tiki and still call it a DQ! I "met" the owner online while trying to buy a Kahiki item from her. She asked how I knew to come to the closing party for the Kahiki - ha! She told me: "My husband and I love the Polynesian style too so got married in Hawaii. We always celebrated anniversaries at the Kahiki. We have 5 restaurants and of course the theme in one of them is Polynesian." I asked her for more info on her Polynesian restaurant and she answered: "It's not a Polynesian restaurant - it's just themed. It's a Dairy Queen!...There is a big tiki god water fountain like at Kahiki when you walk in. There are 3 large fish tanks, one is salt water and there is a thatched roof over them. Two of the corner booths are grass huts and the chairs are all bamboo. The walls have a bamboo wall paper with different Kahiki items, a 6 foot tiki god, nets, surf board, islands of Hawaii made by a Hawaiian friend, shells, etc. The employees wear hawaiian shirts and leis. It is still a work in progress as we have only been open for about 6 months and add decorations as can afford them. It's certainly not on the same level as the Kahiki, but it's fun." She sent me some photos (which I still haven't learned how to post :roll: ), but the place really looks great and as tiki (and NOT just "island") as they could make it without changing the name to "TQ". There are even DQ logos and hamburgers in the tiki that is a fountain, and not grossly/blatantly. Yes, really. Trust me. I'm assuming the Belt-Busters don't come with pineapple slices, not do the shakes have rum, but if ya gotta do fast food on the road, I'll take a TQ over a MacDonald's any day. (BTW- Does anyone know if the tiki McDonalds somewhere in Ohio still exists? We were all told to see it when we made the Kahiki closing pilgrimage, but I can't find a thing here anymore under Search.) Somebody get out there and see this place!

Name:Dairy Queen
Type:restaurant
Street:1779 Stringtown Rd
City:Grove City
State:OH
Zip:43123
country:USA
Phone:
Status:operational

Description:
Hours: 11 AM to 10 PM

This is a tiki-themed Dairy Queen, not a full-on tiki restaurant. But the owners could not have done it more tiki and still call it a DQ!

I "met" the owner online while trying to buy a Kahiki item from her. She asked how I knew to come to the closing party for the Kahiki - ha! She told me:

"My husband and I love the Polynesian style too so got married in Hawaii. We always celebrated anniversaries at the Kahiki. We have 5 restaurants and of course the theme in one of them is Polynesian."

I asked her for more info on her Polynesian restaurant and she answered:

"It's not a Polynesian restaurant - it's just themed. It's a Dairy Queen!...There is a big tiki god water fountain like at Kahiki when you walk in. There are 3 large fish tanks, one is salt water and there is a thatched roof over them. Two of the corner booths are grass huts and the chairs are all bamboo. The walls have a bamboo wall paper with different Kahiki items, a 6 foot tiki god, nets, surf board, islands of Hawaii made by a Hawaiian friend, shells, etc. The employees wear hawaiian shirts and leis. It is still a work in progress as we have only been open for about 6 months and add decorations as can afford them. It's certainly not on the same level as the Kahiki, but it's fun."

She sent me some photos (which I still haven't learned how to post :roll: ), but the place really looks great and as tiki (and NOT just "island") as they could make it without changing the name to "TQ". There are even DQ logos and hamburgers in the tiki that is a fountain, and not grossly/blatantly. Yes, really. Trust me.

I'm assuming the Belt-Busters don't come with pineapple slices, not do the shakes have rum, but if ya gotta do fast food on the road, I'll take a TQ over a MacDonald's any day.

(BTW- Does anyone know if the tiki McDonalds somewhere in Ohio still exists? We were all told to see it when we made the Kahiki closing pilgrimage, but I can't find a thing here anymore under Search.)

Somebody get out there and see this place!

Post #218483 by Formikahini on Thu, Mar 2, 2006 2:11 PM