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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 McDonald's brothers opened their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California. Originally, a carhop drive-in system was used to serve customers. The initial menu items were centered around barbecue and the first name the brothers used for their business was "McDonald's Famous Barbecue."
The original hexagonal McDonald's hamburger stand in San Bernardino was demolished in 1953 and replaced by a building in the now familiar Golden Arches style. In an oversight, the McDonald brothers failed to retain rights to the McDonald's name when they sold the chain to Kroc, and were forced to rename it "The Big M".
That original restaurant, in San Bernardino, California, sold burgers for 15 cents in a building that featured the earliest incarnation of the golden arches, which would become the iconic McDonald ...
However, as the building design became famous, the chain created a logo intended to be a minimalist view of a McDonald's location, with a slanted roof and two arches lining up to form an M. old ...
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]
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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.