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This McD's was starting to get a little busy, just prior to noon on this day in early March 2015. I happened to catch the drive thru at a good moment, where we can see more of the building and less vehicles!
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McDonald's, 2002-built, Hacks Cross Rd. near Centennial Dr., Memphis
McDonald's Downey | Lakewood Blvd 08/12/2009 10h22
The idea of the yellow arches came from one of the McDonald Brothers. A detail of one of these original arches was a must have.
McDonald's Downey
The 1953 McDonald's restaurant at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. (at Florence Ave.) was the third franchised McDonald's built and is the oldest surviving McDonald's. It was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 1994 list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It was one of the first restaurants franchised by Dick and Mac McDonald, prior to the involvement of Ray Kroc in the company, and it still has the original "Golden arches" and a 60-foot animated neon "Speedee" sign.
With low sales, damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and the lack of a drive-up window and indoor seating, the restaurant was closed. However with both the public and preservationists demanding the restaurant be saved, McDonald's spent two years restoring the restaurant and reopened it. Customers today can visit the original restaurant and an adjoining gift shop and museum.
[ Source and more information about Downey: Wikipedia - Downey ]
/\/\cDonald's Downey
10207 Lakewood Boulevard
Lakewood CA
Phone: 562-622-9248
Store #: 3
Grand Opening: 18/08/1953
This has to be the original late 70's front counter, although with new tile in front and re-covered stainless steel top. This was the same type treatment given to the mid-70's Southaven McDonald's counter during 80's remodels there.
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McDonald's, 1979-built, S. Germantown Rd. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
McDonald's Charleroi 17/06/2017 17h48
My dinner stop for the last day of my holiday and roadtrip. This quite new McDonald's restaurants has a special look. You have to enter via a kind of gateway and you will enter courtyard (click to see this side) where you find the parking and drive-thru. This McDonald's restaurant was number 67 when it opened in June 2014. As we speak (*December 2017) McDonald's has 78 restaurants in Belgium (of which 2 in the area of Charleroi), 5 Burger King restaurants, Quick around 90, but this number will soon be less.
McDonald's Charleroi
Grand'Rue 48
6000 CHARLEROI
Tél: +32 71 41 02 22
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Ronald Gym
Store#: unknown
Opening: June 2014
The first McDonald's in Leeuwarden was an instore location in the city center and was the first in the province Fryslân when it opened its doors in 1988. In 1996 this location featuring a Drive-Thru opened its doors South of Leeuwarden. Besides the standard 'new look' it has some elements of the flag of Fryslân on its facade, the red hearts (?).
In October 2005 in this restaurant a huge fire raged so it was temporarily closed (photo by Arjen Wiersma) but it has been completely restored and nowadays the restaurant has the new European exterior look.
McDonald's Leeuwarden Zuid/ Goutum
Bredyk 1
9084 AG LEEUWARDEN
Tel: +31 (0)58 28 80 030
Mail: 1169@nl.mcd.com
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1169
Date of opening: 27/11/1996
It's the question which scratches at the bowels when in the stalls of the toilets of the BIg M. What exactly is Grimace?
He's the best pal and friend of Ronald McDonald, the clown who no longer fits in the circus due to lack of training and too much talk of the fast food restaurant. Can't have the ring leader upstaged every night by the goof ball with big shoes and big hair trying to sell his own chain. It's just not kosher.
Back to Grimace. Milkshake? Stool sample? Taste bud? A pickle too long left out in the sun? Enquiring minds would like to know.
Is it a he? Is it an it?
This was one of those mid-90's McDonald's with a giant, ugly indoor "Mc PlayPlace" on the front. The large front play room is still there, but the "eyebrow treatment" given to this McD's made the play area blend into the building quite a bit better. One of those rare times when a McD's eyebrow makeover is actually an improvement!
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McDonald's, 1995-built, Goodman Rd. near Hwy 78., Olive Branch MS
Although the Germantown McD's did put in another entrance to the next-door Arby's (former Captain D's) after all, there's no longer a classic-style mini Thank You sign. Instead it would appear all new and remodeled eyebrow locations get these generic-looking signs that would look more at home at a car dealership! The recent Hernando MS remodel got signs similar to this style as well. Get ready, Batesville Mississippi, you're next. Yay for the (de?)evolution of the eyebrow-era McDonald's! Here's what was at this entrance to the Arby's parking lot previously: flic.kr/p/eXy6sz
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McDonald's, 2014-15 built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
BNSF SD70MAC 8901 was a DPU on the end of a westbound unit coal train at Garrison, Montana on July 17, 2014.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Lighten up McDonald's: this is Germantown, not the ghetto! How many warnings can they cram onto a single light pole!?
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McDonald's, 2014-15 built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
During our week visit to the Soo, my wife and I spent a day on Mackinaw Island.
We took a walk at dusk, so I could get some long exposures of the bridge.
The landscaping crews were working on this during the morning and early afternoon Saturday, November 8, 2014, ripping out all the landscaping (who needs it!?). They were putting in new wooden forms, to pour a new concrete front walkway. I have no clue when they snuck in and poured the footings for those new walls! They must of had the building inspector on speed dial, since I'm fairly certain the concrete must set up and be inspected before you can put walls on top of it. Another town eager to erase their history, all for a McEyebrow! More updates on this should be coming soon: it looks like this remodel will go very quickly.
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McDonald's, 1994(?)-built, E. Commerce St. near Mt. Pleasant Rd., Hernando MS
This being not far from where I work, I'll be able to watch the transformation of the Hernando McDonald's on a quite regular basis. November 8th happened to be a working half-Saturday (more like I was "half-working" Saturday, LoL!), and amazingly during the day Friday they framed up some all new front and side walls, in order to expand the lobby outward. This is something I've never seen before at a McEyebrow remodel. And it certainly looks like they may be intending to just cover over the front part of the classic mansard roof. So if a future generation of McDonald's wants to "go retro", they can just knock down the crap they're putting up now, uncover the old roof, and be good to go!
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McDonald's, 1994(?)-built, E. Commerce St. near Mt. Pleasant Rd., Hernando MS
McDonald's Tanger Plage 06/07/2023 19h37
One of the three McDonald's restaurants in Tanger. This one is located in between the station Tanger Ville and the beach along the always busy Boulevard Mohammed VI. In total Morocco has 63 McDonald's restaurants.(37 featuring a Drive-Thru) as we speak (April 2024).
McDonald's Tanger Plage
Boulevard Mohammed VI
Tanger
Store number 017
Featuring: McCafé - Drive-Thru
Year of opening: unknown
McDonald's opened its first 'restaurant' in Bosnia and Herzegovina this past week. Local reactions have been mixed. For many, this event represents symbol of Bosnia's progress over the past 15-years. For others, it represents a potential threat to Bosnia and Herzegovina's rich local cuisine. While some local cevapcinica and burgdzenica owners seem to think that McDonald's will appeal to a distinct market, its undeniable appeal to the country's youth raises questions about its long term impact. For more information check out:
sarajevo.cafebabel.com/en/post/2011/07/19/Sarajevo-Lifest...
McDonald's will roll out new packaging around the world in 2013, beginning with the U.S. market in January.
Looking back up toward the front of the Southwind McDonald's. Yep, the same Southwind 'hood that closed down a less than 10-year old Target! Pretty much speaks for itself. A few more photos from this location scheduled for upload next McDonald's Monday.
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McDonald's, 2002-built, Hacks Cross Rd. near Centennial Dr., Memphis
McDonald's La Garde 13/06/2017 11h52
The greater area of Toulon has 7 McDonald's restaurants and La Garde (Est of Toulon) 4 from which 3 featuring a Drive-Thru. This restaurant is located near exit 6 of the A570 autoroute.
As we speak (*October 2017) Burger King has 3 of its 173 French restaurants in the Toulon area. KFC has 2 of its 211 stores in France in the Toulon area and Quick only 1.
McDonald's La Garde
Avenue Charles les Becquerel
83130 LA GARDE
Tél: +33 (0)4 94 27 17 48
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Ronald Gym Club
Store#: 2500 1218
Year of opening: around 2009
McDonald's Turnhout 05/08/2018 19h37
McDonald's Turnhout is one of the 84 (*May 2019) restaurants in Belgium. Quick used to be marketleader in the field of fast service restaurants in number of restaurants but has now 81 (*May 2019) restaurants open. Burger King started in 2017 in Belgium and has 27 (*May 2019) restaurants open. KFC is about to open its first restaurant in Belgium (*May 2019) and for the next couple of years 40 more are planned.
McDonald's Turnhout is located on a major through road South of the center and city ring road. Has a modern design and has 2 floors.
McDonald's Turnhout
Parklaan 70
2300 Turnhout
Tel : +32 14 72 64 91
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: unknown
Year of opening: unknown
Mackinac Point Lighthouse, in Mackinaw City, Michigan was completed in 1892 to help guide sailors through the Straits of Mackinac, the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It's powerful beacon could be seen 16 miles away. It went out of service in 1956, and today serves as a maritime museum. "Big Mac", the Mackinac Bridge that connects Michigan's upper and lower penisulas, can be seen in the background.
This is supposedly the worlds biggest McDonalds. It is located along the Will Rogers Turnpike (Interstate 44) just south of Vinita, Oklahoma. This is supposedly the worlds largest Mc Donalds. This building also houses a small Will Rogers Museum, and a gift shop. The cool thing is while you eat, you can watch traffic zip under you at 75 MPH.
View of the first drive-thru window of this nicely landscaped (at least on it's east side) McDonald's in Batesville MS. Please PLEASE don't "eyebrow" this beautiful building (if you haven't already)! If I come back to Batesville and find this eyebrowed, expect a major flickr rant from me in the future, haha!
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McDonald's, early-mid 70's-built(?), Hwy 6 near Hwy 51, Batesville MS
Larry the Cable Guy.
F is for......fast food. Hey, I work hard! I deserve a break today!
YIP Day 37
TRP--FUTAB
February Alphabet Fun
Fgr--Little Feat---Hamburger Midnight (I guess that works?! And I do have little feet!)
See McDonalds Hasnt ALways Been There!....The Grafton Hotel Above 1910 And Now Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton Hotel....
One of the two McDonald's restaurants in Yucca Valley. The other one is located in Wal*Mart.
/\/\cDonald's Yucca Valley
57626 29 Palms Highway
Yucca Valley CA 92284
Phone: 760-365-0707
Store#: 5846
Featuring: McCafé - Drive-Thru - PlayPlace
McDonald's Nogent-sur-Marne 16/06/2017 18h10
An instore McDonald's in the center of Nogent-sur-Marne on the Place de l'Ancien Marché (corner Grande Rue Charles de Gaulle and Boulevard de Gallieni). Had some food and drinks here before I continued my walk through this friendly Parisien suburb.
McDonald's Nogent-sur-Marne
Place de l'Ancien Marché
Boulevard Galliéni
94130 NOGENT SUR MARNE
Tél: +33 (0)1 48 76 08 08
Featuring: (instore)
Store#: 25 0267
Year of opening: early 1990's
This burger looks like it was hastily put together and thrown in to the box. It has been a long time since I have been to McDonalds. I stopped going there after seeing the movie Supersize Me and reading Fast Food Nation.
McDonalds
3459 Mt. Diablo Blvd
Lafayette, CA 94549
One of the three McDonald's restaurants in Palm Springs in California. This one is quite new and located at the South of the city on the parking lot of a shopping center in the Smoke Tree area. Featuring a McCafé (like most of the US restaurants) and Drive-Thru.
Another view of this store here
/\/\cDonald's East Palm Canyon Drive
2465 East Palm Canyon Avenue
Palm Springs CA 92264
Phone: 760 - 322 - 9870
Store #: 32041
With this Germantown McDonald's finally open, now I have the best view yet of the Farmington Blvd. Kroger remodel going on right down the hill beyond the fancy new drive thru. It's an even better view than the next door minor med location I found the previous week! It would appear the ground was being prepared for the concrete foundation of the new west end of the mega Kroger that's to be built very soon. The brick walls around the perimeter were already going up over there (photos to come later in the week). At the edge of the McDonald's property, there's actually a new fence and retaining wall, where not too long ago there was a small area of dense landscaping and trees blocking this view. Hey, this is the *new* Germantown, we don't need no stinking trees and greenery cluttering up the Hickory Hill-style concrete and asphalt jungle we're trying to create here!
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McDonald's, 2014-15 built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
One of the older McDonald's restaurants of the Netherlands with an openings date in the late 70's of the last century. In the year 1997 another instore McDonald's opened in the center of Leiden in the Donkersteeg (alley) about 500 meters from this location.
Leiden is surrounded by two free standing McDonald's restaurants featuring a Drive-Thru; Leiden A44 (West of Leiden) and Leiderdorp (North east of Leiden). There are plans for a new location at the corner of the Voorschoterweg and Rooseveltstraat which will be opened somewhere in 2015.
McDonald's Leiden Beestenmarkt
Beestenmarkt 6
2312 CC LEIDEN
Tel: +31 (0)71 - 51 46 465
Featuring: (instore)
Store#: 1016
Date of opening: 12/05/1979
I like to visit Grenoble because the inhabitants speak very clear French so that stupid Englishmen lke me can understand.
Pierre, on the monocycle, likes the look of that lady!
Scanned from a Kodachrome 64 transparency.
BNSF SD70MAC 9430 (ex-BN 9430) at Garrison, Montana on May 7, 2014.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Tamron 75-300mm lens
BNSF SD70MAC 9922 at Glendive, Montana on January 31, 2016.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
According to Google Earth the mushroom shaped metal roof of this McDonald's restaurant used to have a red color before the exterior refurbishment. This restaurant is not located near a highway but within the city limits of Hardenberg in the province Overijssel not far from theme park Slagharen.
McDonald's Hardenberg
Stelling 2
7773 ND HARDENBERG
Tel: +31 (0)523 64 86 35
Mail: 1226@nl.mcd.com
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Playplace
Store#: 1226
Date of opening: -unknown-
We stopped of at a McDonalds in Darnley for a bite to eat, our granddaughter Lauren just didn't fancy a drink from her bottle of baby milk, instead she wanted to sink her gums into my Big Mac, 'Just you try it kiddo'
Seriously though, for a child who was born 9wks premature and with lots of health problems she's doing well she's coming on great. I thank God for her healing, the work that He's already done in her life He will complete. To God be all the glory, honor and praise.
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Now here's the replacement Shelby Dr. McDonald's, which Google earth imagery shows was open by October 2013. McD's must of started construction not too long after I took that previous vacant lot picture. This just happens to be a location very close to a 2007-built Burger King as well (burger battles in the hood!). Also, this location is only a few blocks down from the original Shelby Dr. McDonald's location.
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McDonald's, 2013-built, Shelby Dr. at Millbranch Rd., Memphis