A new franchise is coming to Dauphin by December or January.

A Dairy Queen is going to be built in the Dauphin Market Place Mall parking lot.

We spoke with the new franchise owner, Pratik Patel who is the owner of the Dairy Queen in The Pas, about when Dauphin should expect the new restaurant to open up.

They are currently just finishing with legal paper work before they can begin building the restaurant hopefully by July.

He says it should take about 3 months after the building is built for them to get set up and ready for business.