. >> reporter: at the dairy queen in moorhead, minnesota, they've made a declaration of independence.hey still serve the stuff the corporation put an end to. like the dearly departed raspberry soda or the oh, so awesome banana supreme. troy de leon and his wife, diane, bought the business 20 years ago from the people who started up here in 1949. their old contract allows them to flout authority. do you get any blowback from corporate headquarters? >> um, we haven't yet, no. >> reporter: troy says, if they did come by, they might learn a thing or two. >> they'd see how to run a business. >> reporter: from march to october, there's almost always a line. the portions tend to be larger and the prices cheaper than the corporate stores. regulars say the ice cream is better, too. >> this is good stuff. >> reporter: and august may be the best because ice cream with peaches, peeled by hand when the good ones come in from colorado. when you taste that, what do you taste? >> tradition. >> reporter: here they double down on minnesota nice, and the customers come back again and again. >> people ca

we recently went to moorhead, minnesota. we hold the truth to be self-evident.ice cream! a drippy cone on a summer's day. that's the pursuit of happiness. >> a thing of beauty, i think. >> at the dairy queen in moorhead, minnesota they declared their independence. they still serve the stuff the corporation put the stops on. like the dearly departed raspberry soda or the awesome banana supreme. they have a chart with dq dishes long discontinued. they still serve almost all of them. >> reporter: show me the things that have been discontinued. >> cherry topping gone, butter scotch gone. >> reporter: add to that homemade chili and a sloppy joe recipe straight out of the lutheran church cook book. these people are renegades. they bought the business 20 years ago when the people who started up in 1949. every day they pour their heart and soul into making special. >> dairy queen is about family. family and good memories. >> reporter: and that means flouting authority a little, so be it. their contract allows it. >> reporter: do you get any blow back from corporate head

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