One of Tucker’s staples is celebrating 32 years of service and quality food. Altaf Momin is the owner of the Dairy Queen located on Lawrenceville Hwy in Tucker. Momin opened the store in March of 1991 and since then the DQ location has been a resident favorite. Over the years, he has seen many changes and improvements in the area and shared that when he opened the store the only surrounding restaurants were Matthews Cafeteria, Coffer Brothers and a Burger King where the current Longhorn Steakhouse is located, “I have seen it grow tremendously.”
Momin was born in India and grew up in England. His uncle was in the United States and already owned a few Dairy Queen locations himself. He asked Momin to come and help manage the growing family business, but Momin was unsure and nervous about a big move and sent his brothers first. When England was facing economic hardship while he was a bank manager, he decided to come to the States and join his family in the restaurant business. He opened his first Dairy Queen off Chamblee Tucker Road, then in 1991 Momin bought the location on Lawrenceville Highway. Momin likes his Tucker location saying “I love it! It’s very central to everywhere and you can get to downtown in no time.”
Along with the location Momin loves the community here in Tucker. The Dairy Queen owner said the people here are friendly, good natured, and approachable. Momin appreciates having conversations with people within the community.
“We have really good customers,” Momin said. “They are really loyal and really appreciative; we get a lot of repeat business. People always give us really good comments about the cleanliness, the service, and the quality of food.”
Since the Momin ownership of the store the DQ has seen many renovations. When he first bought the store, the location did not have a drive-thru. After the 1996 Olympics Momin took note how much business the store got drawing the Olympic crowd and added a drive-thru. Momin is also a Tucker resident and takes pride in his location and is glad he can help provide work for the Tucker community.
“It’s good,” Momin said. “You are your own boss, you provide work for the local people, and the locals appreciate the fact that you are here giving them good service and good food.”
John Pounds is a regular and appreciates the service and quality food at the Tucker Dairy Queen. Pounds has worked at Siemens in Tucker since 2006. He usually goes to DQ at least twice a week during his lunch breaks.
“It’s clean the staff has always been awesome, and their food is better than the other Dairy Queens I have been to,” Pounds said.
Atlaf Momin’s Dairy Queen is located at 4146 Lawrenceville Hwy in Tucker.
