Just more proof of the efficiencies of Capitalism
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Looks like their customers have grown up and they tried to follow suit and became boring adults.
Ronald McDonald is a capitalist.
I don't eat at McDonalds for many reasons, but if I had to walk through such a Chuck E Cheese-ass entrance to grab a burger I'd have one more reason to avoid it.
Vou can roast the entrance but going to mcD and getting to play xbox inside, for someone who didnt have one at home, is a core memory
Fuck mcdonalds and all that but honestly if a respected buisness had some fun and personality on their building why avoid it? Anyone can just put up a brick and mortar store it takes someone who actually cares to try and have fun.
Also Charlie's entertainment cheese is now very much like this with their few locations it's just very basic no fun houses or little rides it's just an arcade now with VERY muted colors.
yes, the brutalist taco bell aesthetic, will go down in history as one of the more curious periods of fast food branding, i'm noticing recently they're just now starting to feather in color and new signage again
What... Is it saying? They changed branding? It sounds like it's supposed to say something more interesting?
They're marketing towards adults now
This is about real estate value for the next commercial renter if a franchise fails. Cheaper costs for corporate too.
Truuuue, I think you're right. But shouldn't a picture say a thousand words?
Thanks for reporting the often ignored extinction of wildlife at the local Mcdees
I have never seen a McDonalds that looks like the top pic. I remember plenty with play spaces, but they weren't visible from outside.
Iirc this was the McDonald's just outside the Dallas zoo.
If it isn't that one, the same thing happened to that one. Sad times.
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I spent a lot of time in the car crossing the U.S. in the 80's and 90's so I saw a LOT of McDonalds. Most of them are bog standard but once in a while you come across one like this where they spiced it up. I've seen one with a train engine out front, one with a parked airplane, etc. There's one in Tucson with a giant T-Rex statue in front of it. I've also seen some crazy play places with slides going out of the building and back inside. Would've loved that when I was a kid.
someone got tired of mopping up all the jizz from the ball pit.