Dairy Queen wants to make Houston DQ country

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Dairy Queen will open a location in Webster as part of its expansion in the Houston market.

The chain, which serves up classics such as Hungr-Buster and BeltBuster hamburgers in addition to soft-serve cones and Blizzards, expects to add 15 locations over the next five years or so.

"We're trying to put Dairy Queen in areas where we have a lot of customers, where currently it's not easy to get to a Dairy Queen," said Mike Mettler, vice president franchise sales and development at International Dairy Queen.

The new restaurant at 16190 Old Galveston Road will open April 14, adding to 87 locations in the Houston market.

Muhammad Aulakh, owner of the new Dairy Queen, said they are finishing up construction and will be recruiting and training 40 or more employees to staff the new location.

Dairy Queen is adding locations in areas with population growth such as Houston and Dallas. Areas of town for expansion and specific locations were not announced.

Texas is the chain's biggest market, with more than 600 of the nearly 4,500 stores nationwide.

This story was updated Feb. 27 to reflect a different opening date.