Tastee-Freez - Various MI

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I will use this post to document all of the Tastee-Freez locations and add the history of that company but that will come later. I have used Bobby Peacock's list as a starting point. The photos of what is left of these outlets are below.

• Brighton - 1080 E Grand River Ave. Later this location became Lou's Drive-Thru (1993), then Sandy's Coffee (1998), then Vinyl Fence & More. It was demolished in 2012 to make way for a Kroger Fuel Center.
• Allen Park - 5103 Allen Rd - Now Grant's Soft Serve
• Allen Park - 7805 Allen Rd - Later MJ's Triple Dipper, now vacant
• Alma - 401 W Superior St - Torn down, site vacant
• Bangor
• Belleville - 67 Main St - Now Frosty Boy
• Benton Harbor - 102 N Fair Ave - Later Me & My Dogs, now A&D Fish & Ribs
• Benton Harbor - 100 W Napier Ave - Torn down before 1968 for a bank which is now Senior Nutrition Services
• Berkley - 2415 Coolidge Hwy - Now Frosty Freeze
• Blissfield - 620 W Adrian St - Now Subway
• Brighton - 1080 E Grand River Ave - Later Lou's Drive-Thru (1993 listing), then Sandy's Coffee (1998 listing), then Vinyl Fence & More, torn down ca. 2012 for Kroger Fuel Center
• Bronson - 625 E Chicago St - Later Bronson Cafe, now Bronson City Pharmacy
• Buchanan - 411 N Red Bud Trail - Was the first location in Michigan; later Breezy's, now vacant
• Cassopolis - 220 S Broadway St - Later Tastee Twirl, now The Twist
• Cedar Springs - 308 S Main St - Now a doctor's office
• Center Line - 24806 Van Dyke Ave - Former Dairy Queen; now Dairy Freezzz
• Charlotte - 102 Lansing Rd - Now Tasty Twist
• Coldwater - 435 E Chicago St - Now Little Caesars
• Colon - 733 E State St - Now Legend Dairy
• Dearborn Heights - 5076 Beech Daly Rd - Torn down for parking lot
• Detroit - 9310 Woodward Ave - Opened 2002, closed 2004, later a check cashing center, now MPR Wear
• Detroit - 1490 E. Outer Dr. - Later AJ's Ice Cream & Treats, now vacant
• Detroit - 20018 Van Dyke Ave. - Now Nortown Dairy Bar
• Detroit - 2010 Springwells St - Now Family Treats
• Detroit - 13344 W. Chicago St - Now Mr C's
• Detroit - 19130 Kelly Rd. - Now Papa's Coney Island
• Detroit - 9025 Mackinaw St - Later Tastee Cream, now vacant
• Detroit - 15700 Plymouth Rd. - Now JT Produce
• Detroit - 10801 Shoemaker St - Torn down, site vacant
• Detroit - 17148 Hayes St - Later Dairy Delite, now vacant
• Detroit - 8525 Fenkell Ave. - Vacant
• Douglas - 141 Washington St - Now Blue Star Cafe
• Dundee - 209 Tecumseh St - Now Molly's
• Durand - 925 N Saginaw St - Closed early 1970s?, torn down for Veterans of Foreign Wars hall
• East Lansing - 1307 E Grand River Ave - Later Tasty Twist (1988 listing); moved to 1137 ca. 2010, vacant
• East Detroit(now Eastpointe)
• Edwardsburg - 68717 M-62 - Now Spicy
• Flint - 121 E Pasadena Ave - Later Speed's Dairy & Grill, torn down
• Fennville - 744 E Main St - Now Tastee Treat
• Fremont - 405 W Main St - Torn down for expansion of Gerber headquarters
• Garden City - 6780 Middlebelt Rd - Closed 1990s?, now Metro PCS
• Grand Ledge - 103 N Bridge St - Now Lickity Split
• Grand Rapids - 3520 S Division St - Torn down for Spad's Pizza (now Adobe In & Out)
• Hartford - 411 W Main St - Later Mollie's Turnaround, now vacant
• Hastings - 333 W State St - Later Farm Bureau Insurance, now Greenstone Farm Credit Services
• Hillman - 27400 M-32(in BP with Subway and A&W) - Both A&W and Tastee Freez closed ca. 2004?Restaurant spaces later Carter Acres and Donatello's Pizza, now Lucky Louie's. Subway still open.
• Hillsdale - 101 Hillsdale St - Later Mancuso's Pizza, now Edward Jones Investments
• Holt - 1979 Aurelius Rd - Now Jade Garden
• Howell - 1025 E Grand River Ave - Later Dan's Donuts, then Rocket Subs, then Mikey's Burgers and Fries, now Howell Coney Island
• Indian River - 3808 S Straits Hwy - Later Dairy Queen until ca. 2016, now vacant
• Iron Mountain - 117 N Stephenson Ave - Torn down for parking lot
• Jackson - 309 W Prospect St - Torn down for parking lot of Pizza Hut
• Jonesville - 202 W Chicago St - Later Dairy Treat, now Jonesville Exchange
• Kalamazoo - 4025 Portage Rd - Now Cottage Inn Pizza
• Kalkaska - 104 N Cedar St(in Blimpie) - Both restaurants closed before 2004, later Papa K's, now BC Pizza
• Lambertville
• Lansing - 6424 W St Joe Hwy - Later Delta Deli (1984 listing), then Blimpie, then Alicia's Mexican, now Subway
• Lansing - 2707 S. Cedar St - Later Tasty Twist (1988 listing), torn down for Rite AidAnother location is listed at 3121 in 1985, but this appears to be an error
• Lansing - 2010 W. Saginaw Hwy. - Later Rainbow Motors (1980s listings), then Skyline Coney Island, now Jumbeaux
• Lansing - 6060 S. Logan St(now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) - Later Tasty Treet (1988 listing), torn down for Eric's Cycling & Fitness
• Lansing - 314 E. Grand River Ave. - Now Arctic Corner
• Livonia - 32450 Plymouth Rd - Torn down for a car lot
• Mackinac Island - 7367 Main St - Later Mr. B's, now vacant
• Mason - 302 S Cedar St - Later Domino's, now Zano's Pizza
• Mendon - 429 W Main St - Originally run by the Weaver family, is now home of Rusty Baker Heating and Cooling.
• Milan - 805 Dexter St - Now Dexter Dairy Barn
• Monroe - 15483 S Dixie Hwy - Now Dixie Soft Serve
• Monroe - 1818 N. Monroe St - Now Papa John's Pizza
• Monroe - 1020 W. Elm Ave. - Now Danny's Frozen Custard
• Mt Pleasant - 111 S Mission St - Now Hungry Howie's
• Muskegon - 847 E Apple Ave - Now China Express
• Niles - 1009 Huntly Rd - Torn down for Sunrise Corners
• Otsego - 1443 M-89 - Now Dairy Freeze
• Paw Paw - 180 W Michigan St - Later Subway, then various other restaurants, now vacant
• Petoskey - 480 W Mitchell St - Opened ca. 1989 in former Dairy Queen; closed ca. 2000, torn down for offices
• Port Austin - 8497 Lake St - Now Twisters
• Prudenville - 567 E Houghton Lake Dr(in Amoco station) - Former Dawn Donuts. Closed ca. 2004, later Ashby Sterling, now retail space; gas station now BP
• Roseville - 30624 Groesbeck Hwy - Now ZJ's Custom Auto
• St Johns
• St Joseph - 2513 Niles Ave - Later Dairy Queen; moved to 2901 Niles Ave. 2005, later a donation drop-off center, now vacant
• Sault Ste Marie - Spruce @ Court - Torn down
• Sault Ste Marie - 114 W 12th Ave - Renumbered to 2100 Ashmun, now Dairy Queen
• Shelby Twp - 48380 Van Dyke Ave - Now Faith Investment Service
• South Haven - 640 Broadway St - Later Chicken Coop (1986 listing), then a cell phone store, now La Michocana
• Southgate - 13635 Northline Rd - Torn down 1986 for Home View Realty (later Oliver's Pizza, then various other pizzerias, now Guero's)
• Tecumseh - 306 N Evans St - Now Von Schrekenberg Chiropractic
• Three Oaks - 23 W Ash St - Later Hoppie & Cookie's, now vacant
• Traverse City - 1043 E 8th St - Later Maria's Pizzeria (1970s listing), now Cutz Salon
• Union City - 8140 M-60 - Now Union Station Food & Ice Cream
• Vicksburg - 115 W Prairie St - Now Apple Knockers
• Watervliet - 305 N Main St - Now Saylor's Pizza
• Wayne - 5006 S Wayne Rd - Now Scooby's Coney Island
• Wayne - 35816 Michigan Ave - Later a chamber of commerce, now vacant
• Westland - 4621 S Middlebelt Rd - Later Dairy Shoppe, torn down for strip
• White Pigeon - 410 E Chicago Rd - Later various other restaurants, then Scoops, then Sauk Trail Realty, now vacant
• Wyandotte - 1881 Fort St - Torn down for parking lot
• Ypsilanti - 1240 Ecorse Rd - Now Ice Cream Time