McDonalds - I'm Lovin' It

[AnOminous]

Mcdonalds appearently use to own a riverboat restaurant! Neat. Why did corporate do away with all the cool themed restaurant?

They even got rid of the Rock n Roll McDonald's that Wesley Willis had a song about.

 

[Eventide]

They even got rid of the Rock n Roll McDonald's that Wesley Willis had a song about.

Wikipedia says it still exists, but they did away with the Rock and Roll theme and redesigned it to look exactly like a generic suburban Apple store:

I'm going back to my tinfoil hat theory, that Mcdonald's corporate is actively trying to sabotage the company's stock.

 

[AnOminous]

Wikipedia says it still exists, but they did away with the Rock and Roll theme and redesigned it to look exactly like a generic suburban Apple store:

That doesn't count as still existing.

 

[Eventide]

That doesn't count as still existing.

I meant, the location still exists as the Chicago Flagship Mcdonalds/it wasn't shut down. Just, it no longer has a cool theme/it's a soulless glass mausoleum-looking monstrosity.

 

[quaawaa]

I meant, the location still exists as the Chicago Flagship Mcdonalds/it wasn't shut down. Just, it no longer has a cool theme/it's a soulless glass mausoleum-looking monstrosity.

It's a monument to globalhomo:

On August 8, 2018, the building opened with 19,000 square feet (1,800 m2) of space on a single floor, which was 5,000 square feet (460 m2) smaller than the previous two-floor structure. The building is regarded as the Chicago Flagship of McDonald's and ushers in the pro-green era of McDonald's with over 1000 solar panels, apple trees, arugula, broccoli, kale, and native grasses on the green roof as it seeks Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum status recognition. The exterior eschews emphasis on the corporate red and golden colors and the interior is upgraded for modern commerce: ordering kiosks, table service and use of the mobile app. The company had moved its corporate headquarters from Oak Brook to the nearby Fulton-Randolph Market District of the Near West Side in Chicago in June 2018.

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They moved to downtown Chicago supposedly in an effort to attract younger employees:


but only a few years later, they struggled to hire because candidates were concerned about crime:

 

[The Last Stand]

They moved to downtown Chicago supposedly in an effort to attract younger employees:


but only a few years later, they struggled to hire because candidates were concerned about crime:

Well, they got what they bargained for.

I went back to McDonald's in a while. Their chicken nuggets and fries are fire when hot.

 

[Eventide]

It's a monument to globalhomo:

WTF? Roof kale garden???


I'm sure this has been said before on this thread, but Mcdonalds needs to shut the fuck up, and put the fries in the bag.

I went back to McDonald's in a while. Their chicken nuggets and fries are fire when hot.

Honestly, this thread has me thinking about Mcdonalds since last week

...but not enough to wait a half hour for chicken mcnuggets (confession: I don't really like Mcdonalds fries. IDK, not a french fry person in general...)

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

I stopped at a highway food truck the other day that had on their menu a Big Mac wrap.

It was essentially all the components of a Big Mac (including apparently the sesame seeds) put in panini wrap and grilled.

The flavor was really bang on. They noticeably used thinly sliced shards of red onions instead of McD's very finely minced white ones. But the diced iceberg lettuce, the ground beef and the beige mac sauce were instantly recognizable.

I barely eat iceberg lettuce anymore, so that alone with the crunch was very reminiscent of the Big Mac experience.

Not sure how much a Big Mac is these days, but the roadside wrap set me back 20 bucks itself without fries or a drink, eating on a weathered grey picnic table without an umbrella.

 

[dementedgeas]

I haven't eaten anything from McDonald's in over a year and honestly good riddance. I do still crave it sometimes though.

 

[Maker's Mark]

It seems they got rid of the Big Arch. What a travesty.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Mcdonalds appearently use to own a riverboat restaurant! Neat. Why did corporate do away with all the cool themed restaurant?

I've had some extremely autistic posts about this in this and other threads but I'm pretty sure it all stems from the fact that most restaurants are corporate-owned or owned by other corporations (like investment firms) and not actual people. When stores were mostly owned by individual franchisees, the chain only had rules on branding, food preparation, and a core menu. Most of the other stuff—buildings, marketing, and operations, were all up to the franchisee. (New food items could be test-marketed but had to be passed by corporate first). When Ronald McDonald first appeared (portrayed as Willard Scott in a costume that looked nothing like the Ronald McDonald today), it was exclusive to restaurants in the Washington DC area.

Most of the unfortunate changes to McDonald's insides and outsides were accelerated under Steve Easterbrook but tearing down unique restaurants and replacing them with blander restaurants was underway by 2008. In the case of the riverboat restaurant the article indicates that it was really difficult to maintain.

 

[greenthrowaway]

I was driving and saw a chilis with a packed parking lot next to McDonald’s with ann empty drive thru and heard about their new value deal. After that I realized. Chilis hasn’t gotten better (food was fine), McDonald’s has just gotten a lot worse.

 

[Atomic Ant]

They noticeably used thinly sliced shards of red onions instead of McD's very finely minced white ones.

Using red onion is a good idea to attempt to recreate the infamous Mickey's dehydr. Those minced onions are dried onion flakes that come in a box, and they soak them in water to reconstitute, which gives them more of a onion powder flavor than a regular minced white onion. I love them personally but I know people that like onions but hate the dehydr. Red onion isnt a perfect substitute but its closer and probably less polarizing.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Using red onion is a good idea to attempt to recreate the infamous Mickey's dehydr. Those minced onions are dried onion flakes that come in a box, and they soak them in water to reconstitute, which gives them more of a onion powder flavor than a regular minced white onion. I love them personally but I know people that like onions but hate the dehydr. Red onion isnt a perfect substitute but its closer and probably less polarizing.

Pretty sure they started using it early on but I read in one of the two main books that potatoes and onions in the original San Bernandino store were kept in an outdoor shed and tended to dry out in the process. The dry potatoes ultimately helped produce a better french fry (which the new Chicagoland store figured out fairly early on and helped devise a new process) but I'm not sure about the onions.

 

[Atomic Ant]

dry potatoes ultimately helped produce a better french fry

It's the same in my own attempts at making french fries, or really anything fried. Moisture is the enemy. Fries come out way better if you parboil them, and then lay them out on a sheet while hot and let them really steam off until cool, and get really dry. And then dust with cornstarch to dry the outsides further.

Its really the same with anything cooked in oil, the more moisture you can remove off the surface the better the final product will be.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

Is wendys really that good? I haven't been to one since college, so I don't remember their quality...

 

[Adamska]

Is wendys really that good? I haven't been to one since college, so I don't remember their quality...

It's been a while, but I find them to be consistently pretty good. The issue is pretty much all of the fast food chains are choosing to go to restaurant prices despite how they aren't improving their food due to being short sighted retards who live in places with stupid prices who don't get what their niche was.

 

[Chongqing]

Is wendys really that good? I haven't been to one since college, so I don't remember their quality...

The have the best fast food quality bacon.

My only gripe is they often add too much sauce, because the amount used is up to the sandwich makers discretion, instead of a set proportioned amount for each burger that other places use.

A double baconator with added pickles, onions, lettuce and tomato is probably the best thing on their menu.

Anyway, I had a McDonalds cheeseburger last night and I felt like everything was in perfect proportions.

The patty is only 1/10 of a pound before it's cooked.

 

[Eventide]

The have the best fast food quality bacon.

Now that you mention it, they definitely do.

Mcdonalds bacon is gooey, greasy and flavorless; wouldn't shock me if it's the fake turkey bacon, or that reconstituted pasteurized "healthy" bacon. At least Mcdonalds realizes their bacon is shit, and nowadays just limits it to its breakfast offerings.

A double baconator with added pickles, onions, lettuce and tomato is probably the best thing on their menu.

Now I want Wendy's, lol.

*still have yet to go to Mcdonalds despite posting in this thread making me crave mcnuggets. Whenever I pass a Mcdonalds, the drive through line is always waaay too long. Stupid poorly staffed Mcdonalds...*

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

It's the same in my own attempts at making french fries, or really anything fried. Moisture is the enemy

Absolutely. I tried to make shredded zucchini latkes once in a frying pan.

They have so much water content they wouldn't get crispy no matter how long I let them fry.