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The American fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's was founded in 1940 by the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, and has since grown to the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue. [1] The McDonald brothers began the business in San Bernardino, California where the brothers set out to sell their barbecue.
Richard "Dick" McDonald (February 16, 1909 – July 14, 1998) and Maurice "Mac" McDonald (November 26, 1902 – December 11, 1971), collectively known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's. The brothers opened the original McDonald's restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California ...
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.
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".
Raymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman. He obtained the fast food company McDonald's in 1961 from the McDonald brothers and was its CEO from 1967 to 1973.
The McDonald's restaurant at 610 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, California, has black arches. [9] The McDonald's in North Scottsdale, Arizona, on 18241 N Pima Rd also has black arches. [10] [better source needed] The McDonald's restaurant at 2172 Sunset Blvd. in Rocklin, California, has dark red arches. [11] [better source needed]
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.
McDonald's golden arches have come a long way over the years. The now iconic logo had its start in 1952, when the McDonald's brothers were interviewing architects to design the first McDonald's ...