McDonald's interior
McDonald's #3308 (4,269 square feet)
652 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA
Built and opened in 1975, renovated in June 2018
There seems to be a surge in local McDonald's renovations lately. This location shut down in mid-June and just reopened a few days ago, stripping away the red mansard roof (but thankfully retaining the huge original road sign) and basically gutting the entire interior dining area. The restaurant was one of the last few I know of that wasn't previously remodeled 10-15 years ago and still had a very late 80s/early 90s look inside. Thankfully I was smart enough to document that interior back in 2009; for example, here's the counter area back then. The interior more or less still looked like this up until a month ago, with only slight modifications over the years like the addition of the McCafé bar and replacing the overhead menu boards with TVs. Place looks pretty nice now though it's sad to see them part with that old school look.
I stopped at this location at about 11:45AM today, during which the sun is still behind the restaurant. For this reason I didn't take any exterior photos yet since the building's front would've turned out backlit, plus the construction crew was still out putting the final touches on the façade (it looks like the interior wasn't completely finished either, since there was a dude installing the new TVs in the dining area, as pictured here). Hopefully soon I can revisit this location another day after the sun has rotated to the other side (or on an overcast day) and get some good exterior shots.
McDonald's interior
McDonald's #3308 (4,269 square feet)
652 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA
Built and opened in 1975, renovated in June 2018
There seems to be a surge in local McDonald's renovations lately. This location shut down in mid-June and just reopened a few days ago, stripping away the red mansard roof (but thankfully retaining the huge original road sign) and basically gutting the entire interior dining area. The restaurant was one of the last few I know of that wasn't previously remodeled 10-15 years ago and still had a very late 80s/early 90s look inside. Thankfully I was smart enough to document that interior back in 2009; for example, here's the counter area back then. The interior more or less still looked like this up until a month ago, with only slight modifications over the years like the addition of the McCafé bar and replacing the overhead menu boards with TVs. Place looks pretty nice now though it's sad to see them part with that old school look.
I stopped at this location at about 11:45AM today, during which the sun is still behind the restaurant. For this reason I didn't take any exterior photos yet since the building's front would've turned out backlit, plus the construction crew was still out putting the final touches on the façade (it looks like the interior wasn't completely finished either, since there was a dude installing the new TVs in the dining area, as pictured here). Hopefully soon I can revisit this location another day after the sun has rotated to the other side (or on an overcast day) and get some good exterior shots.