Two North Texas Dairy Queens To Close In Vasari Bankruptcy

A Dairy Queen franchisee has announced it will close 25 stores in Texas after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday. One restaurant in Cedar Hill and one in Carrollton will close as a result. The franchisee, Vasari LLC, cited its restaurants in prime "oil country" have taken a big hit because of deeply declining oil prices and that many of its stores were negatively impacted by Hurricane Harvey, which inflicted physical damages and loss of inventory to some stores.

Vasari LLC owns and operates 70 stores between Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, of which 29 will shut down under the Chapter 11 protection. Five locations in Oklahoma will close and two more in New Mexico will shut down.

Here's the full list of 29 stores slated to close.

1. Crosbyton 303 West Main Street Crosbyton, Texas, 79322
2. Denver City 500 West Broadway Denver City, Texas, 79323
3. Idalou 108 West 1st Street Idalou, Texas, 79329
4. Lockney 217 South Main Street, Lockney, Texas 79241; Lockney, Texas 79241
5. Merkel 1107 North 7th Street Merkel, Texas, 79536
6. Post 601 North Broadway Post, Texas, 79356
7. Seagraves 1005 Railroad Seagraves, Texas, 79359
8. Clarendon 603 West 2nd Street Clarendon, Texas, 79226
9. Claude 298 West 1st Street Claude, Texas, 79017
10. Coleman 2000 South Commercial Avenue Coleman, Texas, 76834
11. Perryton 1014 South Main Street Perryton, Texas, 79070
12. Shamrock 1243 North Main Street Shamrock, Texas, 79079
13. Wellington 1010 Houston Street Wellington, Texas, 79095
14. Dalhart 215 Oak Avenue Dalhart, Texas, 79022
15. Dumas 224 S. Dumas Avenue Dumas, Texas, 79029
16. Gruver 200 Main Street Gruver, Texas, 79039
17. Haskell 211 North 1st Street, Haskell, Texas, 79521
18. Stratford 502 East Texas Avenue Stratford, Texas, 79084
19. Cedar Hill 303 West Copper Street Cedar Hill, Texas, 75104
20. Carrollton 3488 East Rosemeade Parkway Carrollton, Texas, 75007
21. Waco 125 LaSalle Waco, Texas, 76706
22. San Augustine 1010 Nacogdoches Highway San Augustine, Texas, 75972
23. Conroe 1612 North Frazier Street Conroe, Texas, 77301
24. Giddings 977 East Austin Street Giddings, Texas, 78942
25. Hobbs 220 West Bender Boulevard Hobbs, New Mexico, 88240
26. Raton 1630 Cedar Street Raton, New Mexico, 87740
27. Clinton 720 West Gary Boulevard Clinton, Oklahoma, 73601
28. Admiral 7819 East Admiral Place Admiral, Oklahoma, 74115
29. Owasso 9495 North Owasso Expressway Owasso, Oklahoma, 74055

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Story by Scott McDonald, Houston Patch