Restaurants & Bars

Free Ice Cream Day: Get Your Cone At Bergen Dairy Queen Stores

Dairy Queen is giving away one free small vanilla cone to every customer who wants one on Monday to celebrate the arrival of spring.

Dairy Queen team member serves a DQ cone with the signature curl on top at the opening of the first-ever DQ Grill & Chill in Manhattan on Thursday, May 29, 2014 in New York.
Dairy Queen team member serves a DQ cone with the signature curl on top at the opening of the first-ever DQ Grill & Chill in Manhattan on Thursday, May 29, 2014 in New York. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for Dairy Queen)

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ —After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dairy Queen's popular "free cone day" giveaway has returned.

Dairy Queen is giving away one free small vanilla cone to every customer who wants one on Monday to celebrate the arrival of spring. The giveaway will run all day, as long as supplies last. Just be prepared to wait in long lines.

"Today is the day," Dairy Queen alerted fans on Twitter. "Go getchu some soft serve deliciousness now!"

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There are 74 DQ locations in New Jersey, and several in and around Bergen. Operating hours are from the DQ website:

  • Allendale
    • 47 B West Allendale Road (11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.)
  • Little Ferry
    • 272 Liberty Ave (hours not listed)
  • Mahwah
    • 117 Franklin Turnpike (11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
  • New Milford
    • 1033 River Road, Suite D (12:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.)
  • Park Ridge
    • 176 Kinderkamack Road (11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.)
  • Saddle Brook
    • 430 Market Street (11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.)
  • Teaneck
    • 260 Teaneck Road (11 a.m.-midnight)
  • Washington Township
    • 291 Pasack Road (11 a.m. - 10 p.m.)
  • Wyckoff
    • 299 Franklin Avenue (10:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.)

The offer may not be valid on delivery or mobile orders, the company said. There is a limit of one cone per person.

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