I used to live by one that did keeo the classic design with some upgrades (for code enforcement likely.) Looks similar to the one in the first picture.
Exactly. That layout would be so much fun. They should make a shrine there or something. A million dollar McDonald’s restaurant with upscale versions of their most popular items (and all of the classic fast food items too!). It should feel like a special day when you dine at the first McDonald’s.
I seem to remember the sign saying "millions and millions sold" in the '70s but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I really don't think so, though. I remember being amazed that there could be millions and millions as a quantity of something.
I was curious: did they say if the arches were the cheapest way to build them? Or where the logo came from? I’ve recently come across Pole-built buildings where the essential structure is in the initial poles put into the ground. Just wondering if the architecture influenced the logo possibly ? Anyone know?
I don’t think this is the first location. I thought the first one was in Illinois. This place is in MA. I saw the first one in Illinois and they made it a bigger deal. I think it was recently remodeled but I can’t say for sure since I’m not from that area
And howdy burger at the same time, with a big sign that looked very similar and used to say 15 cents per Burger. This was in Southern New Hampshire they were not far from each other the first McDonald's was just down the road and is still on the same location
In case anyone was confused like I was until I really had a good look and worked it out, this McDonalds in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. It's not the original cathedral city of Worcester in England.
This just blows my mind. My dad was 15 at the time. He didn’t grow up with McDonald’s as a usual, normal part of life. It was and still is, a luxury to him.
Over one billion solid by 1964. It’s 2021, perhaps they should update that number now. It’ll just sound much cooler if the sign said, “Over a hundred billion sold.”
I haven't eaten McDonald's in a long time but it probably hasn't changed much. In the sixties McDonald's used 100% beef in the and the fries were cooked in beef fat. Maybe not healthier but everything tasted better. All the food there now is highly processed quasi-food, I'd be surprised if it were even 10% real food. The burgers then were like expensive free range beef is now. In the fifty years plus they've been around McDonald's has engineered the food to condition people to settle for dull tasteless food. The crap they sell now in no way resembles what it once was. Try to make your own McDonald's at home using all natural and fresh ingredients and you'll get some idea of what it was like.
My local McDonald's was just like that into the early '70s (I think the building was another chain b4). No indoor seating. It later expanded into the mid 1970s version with McDonald's type indoor seating and then expanded again in the '90s. Last I heard the building is the modern version.
My grandmother was at one of if not the first one that opened in San Bernardino CA. It looked identical to the first picture. I have an article from the paper that they talked about the youths hanging out there or something like that. I’d have to dig it out to find the exact words but my grandmother said she was one of the youths and she talked to the reporter when he was writing the article.
There's a great history channel series called Foods That Built America that depicts how these early places developed, creation of the assembly line. There were some insane feuds between corporate rivals. All their business practices are now considered illegal lol
McDonald’s website says the first McDonald’s was in Des Plaines Illinois, opened in 1955. One billion burgers in nine years is pretty hefty, also I believe this seems to be a different location
My posts are usually about Worcester, MA and the surrounding area since I have access to so many historical images to my locale. I would love for someone local to the one you mention to post something like this.
funny how the fence in the back magically turned into a street, and the building next door / across the road has completely changed in design despite being the same size and shape, huh?
The fence is gone because the McDonald’s expanded - the original three decker next door was demolished. The building in the background is clearly a newer build. I know what you’re trying to imply, but this is the same exact location, although the McDonald’s has also been rebuilt.
The new one looks like an urgent care facility.
The urgent care facility is next door and I heard they have the same owner.
All fast good restaurants are trending towards the same design. It's sad
Just looks like a cheap generic American building
Ahhh gotta love the Woo. Def been there back in the day.
or like every other restaurant
They're codependent.
Ha ha. In a way, it is.
Yeah, that original one was pretty neat. What a fall.
Same location? You'd think they'd make it an extra special looking mcdonalds, or keep the classic look or something.
Same location! According to older locals, it has been through at least 4 renovations in over 5 decades.
I used to live by one that did keeo the classic design with some upgrades (for code enforcement likely.) Looks similar to the one in the first picture.
IIRC all the fast food places now look the same because the property is easier to sell and reconfigure if they ever leave.
You would hope. There used to be a McDonald's that looked
I think it's the first "in Worcester," not the first one in the country.
Exactly. That layout would be so much fun. They should make a shrine there or something. A million dollar McDonald’s restaurant with upscale versions of their most popular items (and all of the classic fast food items too!). It should feel like a special day when you dine at the first McDonald’s.
It's not the first McDonald's EVER. It's just the first McDonald's in Worchester.
Agreed. It's very underwhelming
Well... They did put the original McDonald's out of business... So there's that
Why? Thousands of McDonalds looked like that, and nearly all of them renovated to look more “modern”. Why would this one be an exception?
Look at how they massacred my boy
The whole business for that matter.
I remember going to McDonalds in 1964 and having a chocolate milkshake in my dad’s Peugeot 404 station wagon.
How was it?
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All the new and refurbished McDonald’s look terrible. They look like a storage facility or something
pretty much all fast food locations these days
IIRC this is usually due to zoning ordinances, towns make them look generic and boxy so the property can be reused if they ever leave.
Wow, so over one billion sold is an old number…?
I seem to remember the sign saying "millions and millions sold" in the '70s but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I really don't think so, though. I remember being amazed that there could be millions and millions as a quantity of something.
I’d like to know how Americans say “Worcester” because I bet it’s not how British people say it haha
Outsiders: “War-chest-er” People who pretend to be local: “Wooster” Real locals: “Wistah”
Wustah.
“Woo-stah,” first syllable rhymes with Rooster. Or “Wuh-stah” first syllable rhymes with Buster. Depends on the accent.
I’ve literally just watched Founder today and then come across this post of an original McDonald’s franchise build .
Great film
I was curious: did they say if the arches were the cheapest way to build them? Or where the logo came from? I’ve recently come across Pole-built buildings where the essential structure is in the initial poles put into the ground. Just wondering if the architecture influenced the logo possibly ? Anyone know?
Yeah from what I've read it's pretty accurate. Ray Crook really did swindle McDonald's right from under the brothers
Love the ‘63 Impala!
I wish I was a little bit taller Wish I was a baller Wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her
Worcester, USA*
For all those who thought the first McDonald's might be in a country other than the USA.
Why is all modern architecture made to look depressing? I think the 50s style would look great even today.
Money. Usable space over looks and most likely cheaper
Welcome to wuhstah. That’ll be a dollah twenny five
McDonald's these days look more like McPrisons.
The old one looked so much more livelier.
Looked better the original way.
What an utterly tasteless change.
It was just functional back then, it’s just functional now. Nostalgia isn’t art.
They should have at least kept the original sign
I really hate this urban brutalism they’re doing. All the fast food places are doing it.
You'd think the original would be preserved as a historical landmark.
Looked so much better originally.
I don’t think this is the first location. I thought the first one was in Illinois. This place is in MA. I saw the first one in Illinois and they made it a bigger deal. I think it was recently remodeled but I can’t say for sure since I’m not from that area
I think OP mean it was the first in Worcester?
This is the first McDonald’s in the city of Worcester, not of all time :)
The very first McDonald’s Was in Des Plaines IL.
The first McDonald’s was in San Bernardino California
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The mothership of all the other McDonalds.
Everything seemed cooler back than.
And howdy burger at the same time, with a big sign that looked very similar and used to say 15 cents per Burger. This was in Southern New Hampshire they were not far from each other the first McDonald's was just down the road and is still on the same location
Hey that old arch can still be seen by where I grew up in Magnolia NJ. It’s like one of a few left that are still standing single arches!
Salty
In case anyone was confused like I was until I really had a good look and worked it out, this McDonalds in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. It's not the original cathedral city of Worcester in England.
This just blows my mind. My dad was 15 at the time. He didn’t grow up with McDonald’s as a usual, normal part of life. It was and still is, a luxury to him.
You think since it’s the first they’d want to keep its classic look, modernize the inside according to safety code but keep the outside looking old
This is pre pink slime
At least your new one has bricks. Ours is gray all over and looks like a small jail.
I like the original better.
First photo: oh, neat!
USA. Worcester, USA. Not the famous English city.
I just drove by a McDonald's that is a modern interpretation of this design earlier today.. Coincidence In seeing this posted ....
Over one billion solid by 1964. It’s 2021, perhaps they should update that number now. It’ll just sound much cooler if the sign said, “Over a hundred billion sold.”
Im sure it was way more healthy back then.
Or way worse
I haven't eaten McDonald's in a long time but it probably hasn't changed much. In the sixties McDonald's used 100% beef in the and the fries were cooked in beef fat. Maybe not healthier but everything tasted better. All the food there now is highly processed quasi-food, I'd be surprised if it were even 10% real food. The burgers then were like expensive free range beef is now. In the fifty years plus they've been around McDonald's has engineered the food to condition people to settle for dull tasteless food. The crap they sell now in no way resembles what it once was. Try to make your own McDonald's at home using all natural and fresh ingredients and you'll get some idea of what it was like.
When I was a kid, we would sit by the side window and watch them make French fries. Fun times when you’re 8 years old.
Oh come on!!! It had so much personality!
My local McDonald's was just like that into the early '70s (I think the building was another chain b4). No indoor seating. It later expanded into the mid 1970s version with McDonald's type indoor seating and then expanded again in the '90s. Last I heard the building is the modern version.
Worked a year in Wooster..nice city. They even have an opera.
I wonder if this is the one my mom’s first husband managed. My parents grew up in Worcester.
Say it with me now, wuhstahh. Not war chester.
That six-tray though. Amirite?!
That's how every single McDonald's in the north east looks
So essentially it’s not the same McDonald’s?
It went from having a lot of character to having zero character. What a shame. You'd never even know it was a "special" McDonald's at all.
I wonder if Conan ate there
Filet O’ Fish is $2.20 I’m todays dollars
I'm super disappointed that the 1st McDonald's ever....looks just like any other random McDonald's
That's very cool
they used to be cool :(
My grandmother was at one of if not the first one that opened in San Bernardino CA. It looked identical to the first picture. I have an article from the paper that they talked about the youths hanging out there or something like that. I’d have to dig it out to find the exact words but my grandmother said she was one of the youths and she talked to the reporter when he was writing the article.
Not an upgrade.
They could have… but they didn’t
Is this the one right across the bridge where the hookers hangout?
There's a great history channel series called Foods That Built America that depicts how these early places developed, creation of the assembly line. There were some insane feuds between corporate rivals. All their business practices are now considered illegal lol
They ruined it
I love the nostalgia of the original building. In Portland Oregon, they turned it into a museum of sorts… oh never mind, they tore it down :(
The building turned into the same generic crap as their food.
Man that first picture looks old. 1964 was the year I was born. 😆😆
Remodel the first one? Really? We all just gettin sad growing up.
That's sad
McDonald’s website says the first McDonald’s was in Des Plaines Illinois, opened in 1955. One billion burgers in nine years is pretty hefty, also I believe this seems to be a different location
Worcester MA? If so I’ve been to this McDonald’s a million times and had no idea it was the first one.
Its not.
How dead and lifeless
Awful
Dollar twenty five please
There is one that looks like the original one in my town!
Does anyone have a delorian that can achieve 84mph?
Times are a changing
Back in my younger days in the 80s. They gave away free trees and meals to kids in need
Are you sure this isn’t the Des Plaines, IL location? I’m down the street and looks same
Remembering when burgers were 25 cents, and the minimum wage was 85 cents. Ah good times, so poor.
"Look how they massacred my boy"
This is in Chicago
why not show the oldest mcdonalds still open today? it was built in something like 1954
My posts are usually about Worcester, MA and the surrounding area since I have access to so many historical images to my locale. I would love for someone local to the one you mention to post something like this.
This is just the location, they didn't introduce the filet o fish into they were well established already.
The story behind how the Filet o fish came to be is a cool story
boringgggg
funny how the fence in the back magically turned into a street, and the building next door / across the road has completely changed in design despite being the same size and shape, huh?
The fence is gone because the McDonald’s expanded - the original three decker next door was demolished. The building in the background is clearly a newer build. I know what you’re trying to imply, but this is the same exact location, although the McDonald’s has also been rebuilt.
Nope wrong. First McD was in Cali
That’s why this says it’s the first McDonald’s in Worcester