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I visited McDonald's Capelle a/d IJssel Hoofdweg before in 2007 and found it hard to take a decent photo of it. But at the other side of the road (Capelseweg that it) there is a mall (Woonmall Alexandrium) with a parking deck on the roof which happened to be an excellent location for a shot of this restaurant.
Since my last visit this store has been totally refurbished meeting the new visual standards of the European corporate identity of McDonald's and this restaurant has a dual order point in their Drive-Thru and above all; it has implemented the MFY ( "Made For You" system). And in weekends this restaurant is open around the clock (still quite unique in the Netherlands).
McDonald's Capelle a/d IJssel Hoofdweg
Hoofdweg 1
2908 LB CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL
Tel: +31 (0)10 458 94 00
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Playzone - 24h (fri+sat)
Store number: 1161
Date of opening: 11/12/1996
A few meager pieces of steel have gone up for the new building. They were in the process of installing another one while I was there. This will likely be the start of a skeleton for yet another eyebrow style McDonald's building. The building across the way next door started as a Captain D's, became a Krystal for a while, and currently houses an Arby's. It likely exudes far more character than the new McDonald's will.
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Former McDonald's site, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
The Drive-Thru of McDonald's Utrecht Leidsche Rijn is located in the parking structure of a shopping mall. This shopping mall is situated right next to the highway A1 and called The Wall due to the fact that the whole building is built as a mega noise reduction wall.
The entrance and exit procedure by car makes this Drive-Thru a bit of a threshold to use but you get a ticket to leave the parking for free when using the McDonald's Drive-Thru.
McDonald's Utrecht Leidsche Rijn
Hertogswetering 169
3543 AS UTRECHT
Tel: 030-2415638
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1274
Date of opening: 25/07/2009
269/365. A photo a day for a year.
Oh well, I'm not particularly pleased with the result—that's why I look so glum ;) although I think the idea was sound.
One of the 5 McDonald's restaurants in the area of Arnhem. Two instores from which the one in the center (Rijnstraat) is one of the oldest still excisting restaurants of the chain in the Netherlands and the one in Duiven the second restaurant featuring a Drive-Thru in the Netherlands. This restaurant is located next to Gelredome football stadium, home of the football club Vitesse.
The interior of this typical mid-1990's restaurant has been restyled in 2008 together with the terrace extension visible on the right at this photo.
McDonald's Arnhem Gelredome
Batavierenweg 29
6841 HN ARNHEM
Tel: +31 (0)26 32 12 166
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1190
Date of opening: 15/10/1998
An attempt to make a Big Mac at home. Worked reasonably well, but next time will try to use thinner burgers as it was a bit tall!
One of the 4 McDonald's restaurants along the beaches of South Tenerife. This one is located at the beach of Fañabe and Torviscas.
McDonald's Fañabe
Centro Comercial Costa
Local 80
Playa Torviscas
38679 ADEJE
TENERIFE (SPAIN)
Teléfona: 922715578
This McDonald's is located on the way from Eastbourne to Brighton near Seaford and is open around the clock. The interiour has undergone the European McDonald's makeover and the exterior has undergone some minor changes including new signs and the removal of the once so famous McDonald's roofbeams.
McDonald's Newhaven
The Drive Retail Park Drove Road
Newhaven
East Sussex BN9 OAG
Tel: 01273 612594
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: unknown
Date of opening: unknown
This one is a real pain-in-the-butt to get to, as it's in a newly-developed area, south of the Ottawa Train Station, with no sidewalks and irregular bus service (in the evenings, at least).
Another view of the new Shelby Dr. McDonald's in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis. The road sign in back is for Millbranch Rd., and is just up from the site of a former Minute Man Hamburger place. Across Millbranch is the Millbranch Center strip center, virtually unchanged since it opened sometime in the 60's. I remember my Dad taking me to a restaurant in that strip center (possibly a Gridiron Restaurant) and asking him what a Minute Man was! I was very very young, possibly three or four years old, before my brother was even born. That Minute Man was either demolished, or remodeled into a long-running wedge style Burger King. In 2007 Burger King moved to the other side of Shelby Dr. and the old location was demolished.
Also, amazing how this corner location still has the wooded area in back that can be seen in the Pure Oil photo from many decades earlier: flic.kr/p/62yNUj.
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McDonald's, 2013-built, Shelby Dr. at Millbranch Rd., Memphis
This "mall" is a collection of the usual big box stores in Strandherd, in southern Nepean.
Stitched together in Autostitch.
This restaurant opened in the year 2012 and is part of the development of the Zone hôtelière et de restauration "Porte des Alpilles". Together with the construction of a restaurant Courtepaille, B&B Hotels and Ibis Budget. McDonald's seems to be the first to open up as the hotels are still under construction and Courtepaille is still only on the signs with "ouverture prochain".
This restaurant features a Drive-Thru and EasyOrder. It is located along the N113 between Arles and Salon-de-Provence at exit 11.
McDonald's Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Avenue Marcellin Berthelot - zone Ecopôle
13310 SAINT MARTIN DE CRAU
Tél: +33 (0)4 90 52 38 82
Featuring: Drive-Thru - EasyOrder
Store#: 1315
Opening: 2012
The Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 5-mile-long bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south.
A Ottawa Police Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor parked on George Street near the back entrance of the Rideau Street McDonald's. There were a lot of "ne'er do wells" in there this evening, though I didn't observe police taking any direct action while I was eating there.
Incidentally, I took a photo of the same storefronts last November... the McDonald's logo'd-up vacant storefront that used to be the Rideau Street McDonald's rear dining area is now a Neon clothing store.
BNSF ES44DC 7261 & CSX AC44CW 544 are power on a westbound unit grain train sitting beside BNSF ES44DC 7633 & a Big Mac, which are power on a westbound stack train. Both trains are waiting at the Helena, Montana MRL depot, waiting on cleareance to head west past the site of the derailment at Austin, MT.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
It has occurred to me that this McDonald's may turn out to be even blander than many of the other built in the last few years (I know, how is that even possible!??). Those "industrial-style" yellow steel beams and gray-silver front accents and drive-thru overhangs might be disallowed here due to city codes, possibly leaving pretty much just a boring brown brick box if that turns out to be the case. I'm very curious now to see the final outcome of this, and what Germantown allows McDonald's to "get away with" here as far as exterior decor. They've been pretty lax with those codes in the past few years, but may decide to lay the law down on this McDonald's after all. Stay tuned...
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McDonald's, 2014-built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
Steaming along at Beamish Museum, and showing off it's fine midnight blue livery, is 1910-built McLaren road locomotive 1110 "Big Mac", registered BF 5258 and weighing in at 16 tons.
The engine was formerly used in New Zealand where it gained the nickname "Big Mac". The name plate was only added to the engine a couple of years ago.
The engine was at Beamish as part of the Great War Steam Fair of April 2018.
Copyright © 2018 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
PA_1047 [50 points]
A new red/black yellow eyed big space invader has landed in the 11ème arrondissement of Paris. Estimated date of invasion is end of March or early April.
All my photos of PA_1047:
PA_1047 (Close-up, April 2013)
PA_1047 (Streetview 1, April 2013)
PA_1047 (Streetview 2, April 2013)
PA_1047 (streetview 3, April 2013)
PA_1047 (Streetview 4, June 2022)
Date of invasion: unknown (First seen on Flickr on 08/04/2013 by Tofz4u)
[Visited this space invader 6 days afte first appearance on Flickr]
In the early Seventies, MacDonald's wasn't as ubiquitous in Europe as it is now. Even so, there were a bunch of them in Paris, including this one on the Boulevard Saint Michel. I bought my first Big Mac (ever!) in a Macdonald's on the Champs Elysees.
One of the busiest spots of the city Amsterdam and unfortunately not one of the biggest McDonald's restaurants you could think of. Burger King at Leidseplein has a better location in terms of size and ergonomics. The kitchen and counter area are oblong at this McDonald's. But the location on the corner is good enough. Since 2011 opposite this store the first Starbucks in Amsterdam opened its doors and in the late 1980's KFC had a store at the other corner but this restaurant closed down after a short period of time.
No McCafé, EasyOrder or play area here, just food for monster crowds during late night rushes in this entertainment area.
McDonald's Amsterdam Leidsestraat
Leidsestraat 97
1017 NZ Amsterdam
Tel: 020 - 626.01.36
Featuring: (regular instore restaurant)
Store#: 1024
Date of opening: 01/04/1983
McDonald's has 5 stores in total in the area of Brighton. Two free standing units featuring a Drive-Thru and 3 city center instores. This one is located at the East side at the Marina Leisure Center (restaurants, casino, shops and a yacht harbour).
McDonald's Brighton Marina
Brighton Marina Leisure Center
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 5UT
Tel: 01273 819111
Featuring 24/7 Drive-Thru
Store#: unknown
Date of opening: unknown
McDonald's Rue de Rome
211/213 Rue de Rome
13006 Marseille
Tél: 04 91 47 87 60
Featuring: McExpress Take-Out Window
Store #: 0279
Date of opening: unknown.
Picture taken from the Olive Branch Kroger parking lot. The Zaxby's across the street (seen to the right of the McDonald's) was once an early 90's-style Hardee's.
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McDonald's, 1995-built, Goodman Rd. near Hwy 78., Olive Branch MS
McDonald's Odysseum 27/06/2014 10h05
Before we left Montpellier we visited this special McDonald's restaurant in the huge commercial area called Odysseum: McDonald's Montpellier Odysseum. This restaurant is built in the style I would like to call modern vintage with a modern look into the history of McDonald's which dates back to the year 1955. Golden arches in the 21st century.
This store is located next to Aquarium Mare Nostrum and near the centre commercial, Géant hypermarket, IKEA, multiuplexe Gaumont, Vegapolis (scating), planétarium Galilée, restaurants, clubs and in the future a bit further the station Montpellier TGV (open 2017) and a themepark is planned as well.
The consctruction of Odysseum started in the year 1998.
McDonald's Montpellier Odysseum
Place de Londres
34000 MONTPELLIER
Tél: +33 (0)4 67 83 13 19
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1107
Date of opening: unknown (2005/2006?)
One of the more than 1,400 McDonald's restaurants in Deutschland (2012) located just accross the German-Dutch border near Enschedé and Oldenzaal.
McDonald's Gronau
Siemensstrasse 6
48599 GRONAU (Westfalen)
Tel: +49 2562 973 61
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 0521
Date of opening: estimated 1994-1995
It's been a while since I've gotten a photo from this vantage point in the Arby's lot. It would appear that this side of the building, or those doors at least, are going to be strictly for drive-thru use. In addition, there's not one, but two other drive thru windows. Perhaps McD's is bringing back the concept of a triple-drive thru, something they tried for a while in the early 90's I believe. More photos planned from this location by mid January at the latest. Unless something drastic happens, I would think this new McDonald's wil be open by then.
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McDonald's, 2014-built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
The Mackinac bridge opened in 1957, and is the third longest in total suspension in the world. Had an opportunity to do some shooting while on vacation last week while up in Northwest Michigan and had a wonderful time in a beautiful part of the country. 488 second exposure at F/19.
Whenever I sit down to write the words refuse to come. It's why I like writing poetry and verse. I can be brief and vague and it's usually somewhat acceptable. I can be clever for three or four words and that's enough. Fifteen or twenty minutes and i can stop thinking about it. Like a handjob or a bigmac, they can satisfy and leave my evening open for a lot more.
Unfortunately it's not so purging or ultimately healthy for a person who spends so much time poking around inside their own head. I tried writing genre fiction of all kind, short stories, flash fiction, bizarrely detached anecdotes, but none of it lasted more than a few days. Like some kind of banal metaphor for my life, everything lacked focus. Uninterested and uninteresting; characters, plot, setting, well fleshed out and unimagined sort of just floated around robotically talking about the weather and asking where the nearest mall was.
For a long time I've been in this awful relationship. Pleased with writing but never being pleased with what was written. Having a voice inside my head but never being able to get it down in words. Dreaming of being a novelist but unable to finish even 10 pages of a novel.
So after much kicking and screaming I think I need to just finally write about what I know. Myself.
I spent a long time trying to avoid this. Worried about saying to much, or not enough. Worried that friends and family might take it the wrong way. Worst of all think I'm mentally unstable or crazy.
I've been so introspective all my life I don't think I've let anyone else really look with me.
So this is a beginning. For those of you who will be reading this, this isn't a cry for help. This isn't a call for attention. I've given myself enough of that, I just think it's time people start to know who I am.
We all have problems. Mine don't prevent me from leading a normal life and being a functional person. I don't think a crack-up or a break-down is ever possible for me. My friends tell me I'm funny, and even though it makes me throw up a little in my head it doesn't make it untrue.
I'm the same and normal just as the other six billion people out there. If you read anything you think is psychotic or horrifying, It's a reflection of you, not me.
This typical Dutch mid 1990's McDonald's restaurant will maybe demolished or relocated in 2010. This was reported in 2008 but this McDonald's is still in business.
/\/\cDonald's Gouda Goudse Poort
Nieuwe Gouwe Oostzijde 19
2803 RA GOUDA
Phone: 0182-571.111
Featuring: Drive-Thru - PlayZone
Store#: 1164
Date of opening: 19/12/1996
NOTE:
2011: McDonald's Kleiweg (city center) has been closed down in August 2011.
2013: On 25/03/2013 a new McDonald's with Drive-Thru opened in Moordrecht (exit 18 of the A20), about 5 kilometers away from this store.
A couple of the construction workers just glared at me as I came over to the Arby's lot that they were using as their own private parking area. So I just politely went over to the other side of Arby's and got this view. It may be a couple of weeks before I get back here again, and by that time I expect the walls will be completed. But I don't think any actual giant yellow eyebrows will be installed yet!
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Former McDonald's site, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
A complete set of Mcdonald's Miniatures I won by playing the Mcdonald's Miniatures Catcher Game on Facebook. =D
Years ago, I was a sales guy for Novell (if you know, you know) and was driving back from an event in Indianapolis with my engineer (we'll call Rich) and a woman from the office, who we'll call Donna. It was getting to be time to eat and we pulled off of I65 at Lafayette. Both Rich and I made this trip weekly, and we both liked to stop at the various McDonald's along the way. We were connoisseurs.
Donna had no objection so we parked at this particular store.
As we were walking across the parking lot, Donna said, "You know, I've never been in a McDonald's before."
Rich and I stopped in our tracks. "What? You've raised two kids, and you're about to be a grandmother, and you've never set foot in one of these?"
"No, I've never taken them to McDonald's."
Donna was wealthy. She lived in Lake Forest (a very rich suburb in the northern suburbs of Chicago). She worked at our office mostly for something interesting to do. And we all loved her. She was classy, but she was one of the nicest and most caring people I know. So I can see how someone like her might not have had the need (or desire) to set foot in something as common as a McDonald's.
As we got to the counter, she had to actually INSPECT AND READ THE MENU! Who does that? The only reason I check is to see if the McRib is back. Then she said, "What's a Big Mac?"
Rich and I looked at each other and said, "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion on a sesame seed bun."
She bought a Big Mac. And she loved it.
True story.
McDonalds
Lafayette, Indiana
May 15, 2005
Note, this picture was taken years later than the story occurred.
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I've taken photos of the "new" Merivale Road McDonald's in Nepean at various stages of construction and waited a while to post them because I thought it would be more interesting to post them all at once.
I was going to wait until the re-opening, but I've gotten requests from people who want to see how the construction is coming along, so here are the best photos of what I've taken.
A early to mid 1990's McDonald's instore location in the proche banlieu Parisien at the South-East of Paris. At the time of my visit no McCafé or EasyOrder and the exterior signage are probably the original.
The interior has been refurbished to the style "LIM Edge" (see all the designs of McDonald's).
McDonald's Charenton-le-Pont
71/73 Rue de Paris
94220 CHARENTON-LE-PONT
Tél: 01 43 96 33 12
Featuring: (instore)
Store#: 494
Year of opening: unknown (estimation: 1994-1996)
Just about to eat lunch and then I though: hang on a minute, hot food in front of me, thermal imager in pocket - let's see what happens!
Here's the result.
The fries look like they've got a charcoal burner inside keeping them warm, whilst the Big Mac doesn't appear anything like that toasty. And in fact that's how it was, but I'm not here to make comments about the quality of anyone's food. All I'm interested in is the fact that it made an interesting subject for the Therm-App camera and 6.8mm (wide angle) lens.
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