Retro sign at the Île-Perrot Dairy Queen is an eye catcher

For those of us of a certain age, the neon-lit retro Dairy Queen sign perched atop the ice cream stop in Île-Perrot brings back memories of slurping melting ice-cream cones with family and buddies while listening to Sam Cooke’s hit Twistin’ the Night Away on the radio of the family’s Chevrolet Impala.
The DQ along Highway 20 first opened in Île-Perrot in 1962. Jean-François Piché’s father bought the shop in 1982 and now Piché Jr. runs the