Here's What The World's Oldest McDonald's Looks Like Today

[@LordHog]

I grew up in Downey in the 70s and 80s. Staple of Downey. It took a petition to keep the McD location. Glad the folks of Downey kept their sanity and allowed it to survive

[@DAMAGE795]

I remember that, I'm not old and white from the 70s 😂 but I remember my parents talking about it

[@LordHog]

@@DAMAGE795 Racist much?

[@rtflone]

@@DAMAGE795 What does your skin color have to do with it, fool

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

Is it still a restaurant?

[@noblevictory2200]

Grew up in Downey, CA. That Mc Donald's is still there and it's awesome!

[@knuclear200x]

I would go there because it was the only place in town that had a Golden Corral, but I'd still go there after for the 2 for 1 Big Macs and that neat little museum. The Founder was a neat movie too

[@ultrakool]

My first brush with McD's was in the 60s as a child. I remember the location in Philly resembled the Downey restaurant, only larger. You could get 10 burgers for $1.50

[@jeroenboth167]

Nowadays for an normal meal in Europe it can cost 20 euro’s 🥲

[@ultrakool]

@@jeroenboth167 yeah, it's a rip off everywhere nowadays. I had the pommes frites at McD's in Germany. Not the same as the US, though. Everyone there dips them in mayo😱

[@shawncosmos5431]

You know you’re old when you remember the Big Mac being introduced lol. And when McDonald’s jumped into breakfast with the Egg Mcmuffin.

[@chordsofgratitude2073]

We have an original McD like this in downtown Colorado Springs, near the High School for Performing Arts

[@m.g.540]

There was no stereo radios in cars to blast out Elvis Presley, Bill Haley or The Four Aces, it was AM manorial radios if your car had a radio at all.

[@xhavoc63]

Our 10 yr old granddaughter loves her Friday Mickey D's fix because it's a treat from us who us to use her QP and McFlurry as way to help her to be happy after losing her mom last year. Can't wait to show her this video! Give her some history to shoulder her love for our local franchise. Thank you Mashed for helping me/us to make life easier along the way:)

[@johncap6495]

Aww❤

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

Kudos to you for being a wonderful grandparent to your granddaughter ❤

[@cuddyfox6973]

What I heard is that if the McDonald brothers knew what Ray Kroc was going to do, they would not sell him the rights for the restaurants. What I heard is Kroc even sued the McDonald brothers because they was going to open a new restaurant.

[@mmontes15]

We had a McDonald's just like that old 50's building here in Stuart, FL up to just last year when they tore it down and replaced it with a modern cookie cutter modern building. Stupid decision.

[@laura4dsunshine]

I can remember the smell of the milkshake and it sitting next to my fries and chicken nuggets on the tray. I liked the cups they put the milkshakes in then (1980s) better than today (plastic domed).

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

Ronald McDonald is still the mascot he isn’t gone they just haven’t been promoting him on the commercials as of late he’s still shown on many different ads and certain locations still feature him.

[@simplyjuannie5128]

I thought they replaced him with that weird 4-eyed smiley face thing.

[@JSFGuy]

I remember some of those legacy locations.

[@lakota1947]

I remember when mc donalds had great food, now its wok crap, no more good burgers and there fries 😢 not so good . What the hell happened to Mc donalds. No body there gives a shit about quality any more. AND THAT IS A HUGE FACTOR!!!!!!!

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

when was that? when mc donalds had great food? until the 70, 80s?

[@sjmhadsock4586]

I lived in Florida and saw a speedy at a McDonald's near where my grandparents lived

[@organicsoulgumbo]

Federal highway it’s still there

[@sjmhadsock4586]

@@organicsoulgumbo cool

[@stevevaughn2040]

Gonna screw up the story of Ronald McDonald. The original Ronald McDonald was an old Carney named Aye Jaye. I Believe, and hope, is alive and well. Aye Jaye trained Ronald's who had regions and made excellent money. Aye Jaye wrote book called The Golden Rule of Schmoozing. Great book on how to get along with people. Look him up

[@elidagdagan2780]

Can I get a 10 piece chicken McNuggets and small fries?

[@LoveHandle4890]

I’m sure even they’re not serving the Grimace Milkshake over there.

[@davidtaylor328]

McDonald's Ruled before Burger King came in - " WHERE TASTE IS KING " !!! 🍔

[@brianmoody2549]

For me it was the fries and a milkshakes. To bad things of the past have to up date how they look

[@misstlc7136]

I go to McDonald's about every 2 or 3 years and get an order of french fries and maybe a caramel sundae.

[@Jiltedin2007]

On the corner of Lakewood and Florence in Downey.

[@MikeBNumba6]

There is a McDonald's that look like this in columbus Ohio. It's in Gahanna

[@TheRealJayguar]

from 15 cents to 15 dollars. Let that sink in....

[@AlesterMyersWick]

50's mcdonalds? this is unexpected.

[@davinp]

Now all McDonald's have been remodeled into a boxy style and eliminated the children's play area

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Ray Kroc was a business marketing genius. Can’t deny it. He took a small restaurant and made it into a worldwide phenomenon, despite the fact that the food is really mediocre at best…..Only the fries are really memorable. Personally, I prefer either BK or Wendy’s, but in a pinch, my choice at McD’s is the simple cheeseburger with extra pickles.

[@HORSEYANIME2024]

Give some credit to the original founders of McDonald’s whom came up with the idea of a fast food restaurant back in the 20th century

[@rtflone]

@@HORSEYANIME2024 Been less than 25 yrs since the end of the 20th century. Not like dinosaurs were roaming the earth. McDonalds was never a restaurant it's a burger joint. A crappy burger joint..

[@speedracerjeff]

Ray Kroc ruined it and the quality went downhill when he took over. If he never got involved, McDonalds would be like In-N-Out today. This Downey location was the 2nd Franchisee of the McDonald Brothers, before Kroc got involved. They didn’t need Kroc to open franchise locations, they were doing it slow and at their own pace to maintain quality control.

[@Meimisaki2001]

I want some fries

[@rumjack5286]

McDonalds is also a place to rock

[@collette9008]

Boomer here. My first time at McDonald's I discovered that French fries dipped in my chocolate milkshake was the best thing EVER!!! (I was only 14 😅). I still have my Big Mac t-shirt!! When you said "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, on a sesame seed bun- Big Mac" it was bogo! Fun times in the good old days 😊.

[@rochelleesser7961]

“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun” 😁 How could you forget the onions 😆 In elementary school in the 1970s, we kids would sing that on the bus and say “Sesame Street bun” instead for laughs 😂 Oh, and I vaguely remember something about the whole craze of dipping McDonald’s fries into the chocolate milkshakes, but I never tried it; thought it was gross sounding 😂 Then when I was 14 and my boyfriend and I were at McDonald’s for lunch one day, he was dipping his fries in the sweet & sour sauce while eating from the carton of 20-piece chicken nuggets we were sharing and talked me into trying it….. I was hooked 😂 I still wouldn’t have anything to do with mixing fries and chocolate shakes though 😂 Oh, and one more memory: I was born and raised in the southwest and lived there all of my childhood except for a couple of years when my dad had taken a job on the East coast. I’ll never forget the first time going to a McDonald’s there, because I was bewildered when I was given chocolate milk in response to my ordering a milkshake 😂 My mom had to explain to me that there on the East coast, milkshakes were called “frappes” 🙄

[@collette9008]

@@rochelleesser7961 OMGOSH, how DID I leave out the onions 😱? I love onions ❤️! I plead senior moment 😢. Lol. And that t-shirt hasn't fit me in decades, alas 😏.

[@rochelleesser7961]

@@collette9008 Lol, yup, senior moments happen, unfortunately 🙄🤷🏻‍♀️✌🏼

[@rtflone]

@@rochelleesser7961 Much too often these days lol

[@juqettalawson4354]

I love it

[@sharkbaitj]

I love HamGers

[@vgshwk]

The new McDonald’s are ugly.

[@oneitalia2312]

I hate when people say "Mickey D's"

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

🇬🇧 people say Mackers! 🍔🍟🥤

[@Taking_a_break-00]

​@@DavidLLambertmobilebro what the hell 💀

[@knuclear200x]

​@@Taking_a_break-00I say Maccas, mate

[@azazz3044]

10207 Lakewood Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey, California, United States. The same McDonald's, wouldn't you say? Just Google the 1st sentence...