TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Jodi Clayton has worked at Dairy Kream for ten years and knows all the regular customers.

“There is people who come here every single day and get the same thing, every single day,” Clayton said.

Joy and her husband, Durley, are longtime regulars.

How long have you been coming here? “Sixty-six years,” said Joy.

What do you like about coming here? “The food, I just get a plain hamburger. I like the milkshake,” said Durley.

The East Tupelo restaurant is located at what was known as The Levee. Austin Knight’s Dad, Gene, bought Dairy Kream in 1970, and it has been in the family ever since.

Austin Knight says the original building is pretty much the same, except for awnings in the front and a lean-to for storage in the back.

“The originality of it, I feel like it is

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