Updated: 10:57 a.m.

The Dairy Queen in Sellwood, it appears, is destined to become a bank. Chuck Slothower of the Daily Journal of Commerce tweeted this news on Monday and on Wednesday, a person answering the phone at the Southeast Tolman Road location confirmed it would be, at some unknown point in the future, closing.

The revelation that this DQ was closing caused a lot of people on Twitter to chime in with their favorite places to get hot eats and cool treats. So we asked readers to weigh in on their favorite DQs in the Portland area.

The world need more DQs, not banks. https://t.co/OPTwsCgRgd — Andrew Theen 🚎🚘🚲🚃🚦 🏀 (@andrewtheen) September 10, 2019

“Why Dairy Queen?” a non-Dairy Queen lover might ask. After all, isn’t it just a regular fast food place?

The answer is no. Not at all. While every McDonald’s, Burger King, and Carl’s Junior look the same, every Dairy Queen is different.

Take McDonald's, where every few years, everything gets an update. Now the thing is shiny floors and ordering your burgers from a screen. Next year, who knows, maybe a robot will bring your fries out to you.

That will never happen at Dairy Queen.

DQ sticks passionately to its existing furniture. Unless it’s newly built, your local DQ has probably looked the same since you were 7 years old. And the food is basically the same too.

You may come for the Blizzard but you stay for the nostalgia. Which is probably why people have such strong opinions about which one is best.

Here is what the readers concluded. We visited the top two to see what all the fuss was about. Please note, we didn’t include Vancouver DQs because there were already so many on the list. And, a special shoutout to the Rhododendron Dairy Queen, a perfect spot to stop after a day on Mount Hood.

5. 613 John Quincy Adams St., Oregon City

The Oregon City DQ got 4.41% of the vote.

4. 12870 S.W. Farmington Road, Beaverton

This DQ in Beaverton got 4.57% of the vote.

3. 1610 S.E. Tolman Road, Portland

The soon-to-be-a-bank Dairy Queen on Tolman got 7.15% of the vote.

2. 5605 S.E. Division St., Portland

Division Dairy Queen (Lizzy Acker/The Oregonian)

This classic Division walk-up across the street from Franklin High School got 20.55% of the vote.

There is a certain charm to a walk-or-drive-up-only fast food window. It feels old-timey, the windows plastered with specials, some of which have had their price changed using a Sharpie.

Because this one is across from a bustling high school, the clientele at 4:30 p.m. was mostly teens, negotiating with each other about how much money each had. There was also a dad with a young girl lobbying hard for a banana split.

The Blizzard, when it came, was delivered upside down, to prove it wasn’t runny.

Dairy Queen’s hot food is just exactly what you expect -- more of a real burger and fries than the flimsy McDonald’s version that requires you order two. Sitting at a table outside the walk-up on a gloomy September day, it’s easy to imagine that high school is really just about who won the soccer game and whether or not you have enough money for a mini Blizzard or just a dip cone.

1. 7460 S.W. Garden Home, Portland

Garden Home Dairy Queen (Lizzy Acker/The Oregonian)

This old school DQ got a whopping 25.11% of the vote.

We were surprised when this classic location overtook the Portland favorite on Division. But, a step inside reveals a large, well-lit space full of clean booths.

During a midweek lunch hour, most of the customers seemed to be regulars. We ordered the formerly $5 now $6 lunch, which included a double cheeseburger, a small fry, a fountain drink and a sundae. That’s 1,380 calories for $6.

Compare that to a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal,1,340 calories, at McDonald’s, which is $10 in downtown Portland.

Calories-wise it is similar, sure. But one is $4 cheaper and comes delivered to your table with a legit ice cream sundae. Not to mention that, when you finish your lunch, you can pick up an ice cream cake to take back to the office.

Here’s the full ranking:

1. 7460 S.W. Garden Home, Portland, 25.11%

2. 5605 S.E. Division St., Portland, 20.55%

3. 1610 S.E. Tolman Road, Portland, 7.15%

4. 12870 S.W. Farmington Road, Beaverton, 4.57%

5. 613 John Quincy Adams St., Oregon City, 4.41%

6. 17455 S.W. Farmington Road, Aloha, 4.26%

7. 5934 S.E. Duke St., Portland, 4.11%

8. 555 N.W. Saltzman Road, Portland, 3.96%

9. 12727 S.E. Foster Road, Portland, 3.65%

10. 26814 S.E. Stark St., Troutdale, 3.65%

11. 4961 S.E. TV Hwy., Hillsboro, 3.2%

12. 17405 S.E. Division St., Portland, 3.04%

13. 20205 S.E. Highway 212, Damascus, 3.04%

14. 13608 S.E. Division St., Portland, 2.74%

15. 6933 N. Lombard St., Portland, 2.59%

16. 2267 E. Burnside Road, Gresham, 1.52%

17. 818 N.W. Graham Road, Troutdale, 1.52%

18. 12220 S.E. 82nd Ave., Portland, 0.61%

19. Lloyd Center, Portland, 0.3%