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The oldest McDonald's restaurant that is still in business operation is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey, California, United States. Opened on August 18, 1953, it is the third McDonald's restaurant outlet to be opened and is the second restaurant franchised by Richard and Maurice McDonald ...
The oldest operating McDonald's, on Lakewood and Florence in Downey, California in March 2007, was the chain's third restaurant and the second to be built with the Golden Arches. The McDonald family moved from Manchester, New Hampshire to Hollywood , California in the late 1930s, where brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald ("Dick" and "Mac ...
The vintage 60-foot-tall neon sign at the world's oldest-operating McDonald's restaurant in Downey, California. David McNew/Getty Images. Speedee, a chef with a hamburger for a head, appeared on ...
Downey is home to the world's oldest existing McDonald's Restaurant, the so-called Speedee McDonald's Store, which opened in 1953 at the southwest corner of Florence Avenue and Lakewood Boulevard. Damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake , the store reopened in 1996 along with a museum and gift shop.
McDonald's is among the most iconic and successful brands worldwide. Ray Kroc, a Multimixer salesman, stumbled upon the original McDonald's brothers' burger restaurant in 1954. Kroc became ...
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 third McDonald's restaurant to open, located in Downey, California, is the oldest operating McDonald's. It was the second restaurant to feature the Golden Arches design. Along with their practical knowledge, the brothers brought Meston a rough sketch of two half-circle arches drawn by Richard.
The first McDonald's location was opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and demolished in 1972, although part of the sign remains. The oldest McDonald's still in operation is the third one built, in Downey, California, which opened in 1953.