The First Original McDonald’s

Neatorama reader Rich B. sent in this one: the ~~very first~~ McDonald’s store in Des Plaines, IL. Check out Speedee touting the 15¢ price and the fact that they had sold over 1 million - read that: ONE MILLION! - burgers!

Link [Flickr] - Thanks Rich!

Previously on Neatorama: Old McDonald’s Sign

[Update 8/28/07: Oops, Technically not the first McDonald’s. The Des Plains McDonald’s was the ninth store (but the first one opened by Ray Kroc). Although it is now referred to as The Original McDonald’s, the very first one was opened by Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernadino, California. Wikipedia has more info: Link | See also: World’s Oldest Surviving McDonald’s in Downey, CA (the fourth one built) - Thanks Matt, John, and K!

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August 28, 2007 at 1:50 am by Alex
Category: Food & Drinks, Pictures, Travel & Places

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8 comments to "The ~~First~~ Original McDonald’s"

Cammie
August 28th, 2007 at 1:59 am
McDonalds has always confussed sales numbers with quality… Quality is not directly related to food sales - cheap, crappy food at that.
SenorMysterioso
August 28th, 2007 at 5:35 am
I’ll have the McMinot and a 44oz cardboard jug of your finest merlot

Why yes, I would like fries with that, youre so kind to ask
Sid Morrison
August 28th, 2007 at 7:49 am
I liked when the individual stores actually changed those signs periodically to try to keep up with the estimate of total burgers sold worldwide. Nowadays they almost all say “Billions Sold”. Big deal… I think it was a lot more impressive when there was a real number that was occasionally changed. Lazy buggers!
Matt
August 28th, 2007 at 9:24 am
That’s “Des Plaines, IL”.
Matt
August 28th, 2007 at 9:32 am
and also some info that might be of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_Museum
John
August 28th, 2007 at 9:42 am
This isn’t the first McDonalds. My dad used to go to the first, which was in San Bernardino, CA. Read the wiki for more info.
K
August 28th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Here’s the World’s Oldest Surviving original McD’s in Downey, CA:

http://www.downeyca.org/visitor_mcdonalds.php
Alex
August 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Oops! Thanks guys, I’ll fix the post.

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