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McDonald's realized that the Des Plaines restaurant had historical significance, so it built a replica. With gold arches placed over a glass and metal, red-and-white tiled exterior, the building largely followed the McDonald brothers' original blueprints, which they had introduced when they began franchising in 1953.
The site of the first franchised McDonald's restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, opened in 1953 or 1954, [9] is now a Yoshi’s. [10] [11] An early McDonald's stood at 9100 SE Powell Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, on Southeast 91st Avenue and Powell Boulevard. It was not attached to the adjacent McDonald's but was available for party rentals.
1978 photo of McDonald's restaurant in Chicago. Note the sign that states, "Over 25 billion served". 1974: On November 13, the first McDonald's in the United Kingdom opened in Woolwich, south-east London. It is the 3000th McDonald's restaurant. [61] 1976: The first McDonald's in Switzerland, on Rue du Mont-Blanc in Geneva. [62]
In 2018, McDonald’s announced a $6 billion plan to modernize its U.S. restaurants (which today number nearly 14,000), with planned updates to furniture, décor, exteriors and kiosks. The menu ...
Nov. 13—The year was 1959. The place was New Mexico, and food was about to get faster. The McDonald's at 5900 Menaul NE was the very first of what is now one of the most ubiquitous fast-food ...
The McDonald's restaurant at 610 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, California, has black arches. [7] The McDonald's in North Scottsdale, Arizona, on 18241 N Pima Rd also has black arches. [8] [better source needed] The McDonald's restaurant at 2172 Sunset Blvd. in Rocklin, California, has dark red arches. [9] [better source needed]
The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant is the third one built, opened in 1953. It is located at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. at Florence Ave. in Downey, California (at . Siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California, on May 15, 1940.
Snack foods, insta-meals, cereals, and drinks tend to come and go, but the ones we remember from childhood seem to stick with us. Children of the 1970s and 1980s had a veritable smorgasbord of ill ...