Dairy Queen fans living near Duportail Street and Keene Road were able to celebrate the opening of a new restaurant in their Richland neighborhood in December.

The 3,000-square-foot restaurant, behind the Maverik gas station, is the seventh location owned by the Tierney partners — Bill, Tom and Kerry Tierney — in the Tri-Cities, Walla Walla and Yakima. They’ve been partners since 1980.

The $1 million eatery, which features a drive-through window, opened Dec. 23. 

The DQ Grill & Chill is on about three-quarters of an acre formerly owned by the Kennewick Irrigation District. It features outdoor patio seating and seating for 72 inside.

The new Richland restaurant looks similar to the DQ Grill & Chill restaurant on Burden Boulevard in Pasco that opened in 2012.

Hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Zeigler Construction of Pasco was the general contractor.

Spink Engineering of Richland and Archibald & Co. Architects of Richland worked on the project.