r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/cheeersaiii 12d ago

They went from kids/family vibe to “operating theatre please leave quickly” vibe. In Australia we had one with a train carriage for kid’s birthdays, one with a plane, all sorts of fun. I understand the change and the coffee is better for it but still change isn’t always a good thing

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u/GoAskAlice 11d ago edited 11d ago

Downtown Chicago used to have a two-story McDonald's that was heavily decorated in "early rock n roll". Mini jukeboxes at each table, photos and albums on the walls, zebra striped tables, even had a 57 Chevy with two 50's teeny bopper statues sitting in it, in the restaurant. Everywhere you looked, you saw dozens, if not hundreds, of bits of memorabilia. People would unknowingly wander in for a burger and stay for hours.

It has been remodeled into a soulless cavern of nothingness. I wanted to wail when I read about it and saw what had been done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T266cfW95m8

Seriously, why the FUCK would they do that? It was one of the coolest places around. *cries

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u/denialator 11d ago

Rock and roll McDonalds! Rock and roll McDonalds! Rock and roll McDonalds! Rock and roll McDonalds!

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago!

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u/indigo_inamorata 10d ago

Now I want to watch Supersize Me