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The First Original McDonald's

By Alex in Food & Drinks, Pictures, Travel & Places on Aug 28, 2007 at 1:50 am


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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  1. Cammie
    Aug 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.

  2. SenorMysterioso
    Aug 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

  3. Sid Morrison
    Aug 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!

  4. Matt
    Aug 28th, 2007 at 9:24 am

    That's "Des Plaines, IL".

  5. Matt
    Aug 28th, 2007 at 9:32 am

    and also some info that might be of interest:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_Museum

  6. John
    Aug 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.

  7. K
    Aug 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

  8. Alex
    Aug 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Oops! Thanks guys, I'll fix the post.

  9. chocolatedrop12
    Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    what is the name of the place that it was located at

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