Former McDonald's stands

[Scott5114]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44

Still does, unless something changed and Google hasn't been updated. (I think it closed temporarily for remodeling, maybe that's why you think it's a former restaurant?

One that does belong on this list is the one in Wellston, which featured a unique setup where the westbound turnpike onramp from OK-66 went through the parking lot. So you would essentially pay a toll to get into the parking lot, and then get onto I-44 from there. That location has been demolished, though.

[wanderer2575]

One that does belong on this list is the one in Wellston, which featured a unique setup where the westbound turnpike onramp from OK-66 went through the parking lot. So you would essentially pay a toll to get into the parking lot, and then get onto I-44 from there. That location has been demolished, though.

https://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/dumbroad/mcdonald.htm
(old site that shows at least a couple other interchanges that no longer exist as shown)

[JayhawkCO]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44

Still does, unless something changed and Google hasn't been updated. (I think it closed temporarily for remodeling, maybe that's why you think it's a former restaurant?

One that does belong on this list is the one in Wellston, which featured a unique setup where the westbound turnpike onramp from OK-66 went through the parking lot. So you would essentially pay a toll to get into the parking lot, and then get onto I-44 from there. That location has been demolished, though.

Tough to tell from googling, but at a minimum, the whole building isn't a McDonald's anymore.

[catch22]

Here's one from my old stomping grounds in Dearborn, Michigan on Ford Road (M-153), now a dentist office.  The sign for its replacement can be seen in the background.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HWTjheyFaY6vH4JXA

[GCrites]

San Francisco has had a few spots that were once McDonald's, with closures accelerating after around 2015.

pre-2015, here are two locations that I have seen photos of online but have since long become other things:

- 1114 Market Street (at 7th), in the gritty Mid-Market area (three blocks away from Twitter headquarters).  Saw a photo of it on FB as a McDonald's, but I remember it more as Donut World which also now is closed. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.780599,-122.4125255,3a,75y,348.44h,98.99t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVVLIGH5bb51qHzdlLADrrQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DVVLIGH5bb51qHzdlLADrrQ%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D328.53293%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

- California and Grant near Chinatown.  Saw a photo of it as a McDonald's at a now-closed Specialty's Sandwich Shop. Now Dim Sum Corner
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7925106,-122.4059624,3a,75y,316.51h,97.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0z0-oeg4cfQEGEem5o9zLg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D0z0-oeg4cfQEGEem5o9zLg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D204.4417%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
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post-2015:

Former Uber headquarters (1455 Market).  Closed late 2015; a different restaurant is now on the first floor of the building.  https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7758085,-122.4183375,3a,75y,141.01h,86.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saA7SX60Uu_uYBXTXI5ZQBA!2e0!5s20150201T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

Golden Gate at Van Ness, a two-story location.  Closed in late 2015 in anticipation of a condo that was never built.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7810502,-122.4203819,3a,75y,32.23h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2PNYEkHu5isgSn85bLkGiA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2PNYEkHu5isgSn85bLkGiA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D26.490318%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

View when it was still McD:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7810515,-122.4203518,3a,75y,32.23h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbr91znVmBIDtoNJCpnATFQ!2e0!5s20140301T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu


3rd Street near the Giants' ballpark, demolished around 2017 and now site of the Baseballism bar.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fmckroes%2F5991155281&psig=AOvVaw1RkfmiF670uIPij5l8OV87&ust=1709255813010000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBUQjhxqFwoTCNCE_p-wz4QDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

6th and Bryant, closed for a jail expansion that ended up being nixed.  Lot is now public parking.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spierisf/15770483059

Embarcadero Center/Front Street, closed last year
https://sf.eater.com/2023/11/1/23941995/downtown-san-francisco-mcdonalds-closes
https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/31/downtown-san-francisco-mcdonalds-closes/

Fisherman's Wharf, closed 2022?
https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/10cw4z7/mcdonalds_fishermans_wharf_has_closed/

Haight Street near Golden Gate Park, closed in 2018 after years of complaints about crime.  Mansard-roofed location.  Demolished to make way for new construction
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/4/2/17188892/haight-steet-mcdonalds-closes

Standard Oil/Chevron Building on Market Street, closed around 2018.  Had really cool Chevron memorabilia inside and a mural from 1996 depicting a Chevron/McDonald's combo with Arch Deluxes on the menu.  A view from 2014 of when it was active:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7898881,-122.4005661,3a,75y,142.1h,82.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCBjRnIbk9dt4dFdGGjjI3Q!2e0!5s20141001T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

The Google Car has been by so many of those 8 million times. I realize Google's HQ is there and it's easy to test new cameras there, but places like Appalachia are lucky to get taken once a decade while the same old stuff gets it 3X a year elsewhere.

[kphoger]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8470802,-87.9470793,3a,75y,2.63h,89.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shb_HQGSpA0jl5qEJsapneQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Where that pond is used to be a McDonald's. It got town down when they moved their corporate office from the building on the right to downtown Chicago.

RIP McDonald's Plaza/Oak Brook HQ. My Dad worked for McDonald's Corporate in the 90s - I spent a scary part of my childhood either in that specific McDonald's, the one inside the old HQ, and at Lake Ed/Lake Fred

As I recall, this was the old HQ, which had a McDonald's restaurant inside.  This is what it looks like now.

I don't remember the one at 22nd & Spring Road, which was demolished when HQ moved.  Does anyone know when it opened?

[steviep24]

Here's one in Scottsville, NY that was built in the 1990s. It is now a Chinese restaurant.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/China+Panda/@43.0290798,-77.7426762,3a,37.5y,98.73h,92.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRHc1wi3qIRzA34MsW1ihVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d14e26c5edbfc7:0xad489e7987813151!8m2!3d43.0289845!4d-77.7420795!16s%2Fg%2F1tcym04l?authuser=0&entry=ttu

[Life in Paradise]

Here's one in Scottsville, NY that was built in the 1990s. It is now a Chinese restaurant.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/China+Panda/@43.0290798,-77.7426762,3a,37.5y,98.73h,92.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRHc1wi3qIRzA34MsW1ihVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x89d14e26c5edbfc7:0xad489e7987813151!8m2!3d43.0289845!4d-77.7420795!16s%2Fg%2F1tcym04l?authuser=0&entry=ttu

It wasn't easy for me at first that it had been a McDonalds.  Normally I see these buildings and know what they were before (ie Pizza Hut, KFC, Dairy Queen).

[Road Hog]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44
Adak, AK - Closed when the army base was closed. You can still see the drive thru menu:

I sure miss those 1993 prices!

[Big John]

Miss the option of having a regular hamburger on the menu.

[LilianaUwU]

Miss the option of having a regular hamburger on the menu.

It's still a thing in Canada. Not sure about the US.

[jeffandnicole]

It's there. Just ask for a hamburger.

[kphoger]

It's there. Just ask for a hamburger.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/hamburger.html

[GCrites]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44
Adak, AK - Closed when the army base was closed. You can still see the drive thru menu:

I sure miss those 1993 prices!

Remember those are Alaska prices which were probably higher. Some things actually seem a little high for the late '90s even (such as the Happy Meal) but the Jurassic Park and Bobby's World promotions are the tell.

[rickmastfan67]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44
Adak, AK - Closed when the army base was closed. You can still see the drive thru menu:

I sure miss those 1993 prices!

Remember those are Alaska prices which were probably higher. Some things actually seem a little high for the late '90s even (such as the Happy Meal) but the Jurassic Park and Bobby's World promotions are the tell.

Crazy thing is, a video about this same McDonald's just got posted on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wLMp67Cls

[Road Hog]

Unless I missed it scanning this thread, no one seems to have mentioned two pretty unique ones.

Vinita, OK - It went over the top of I-44
Adak, AK - Closed when the army base was closed. You can still see the drive thru menu:

I sure miss those 1993 prices!

Remember those are Alaska prices which were probably higher. Some things actually seem a little high for the late '90s even (such as the Happy Meal) but the Jurassic Park and Bobby's World promotions are the tell.

That's a fair point but it's relative. My local BK was still offering 99¢ Whoppers for most of my college years. I got my worst sticker shock probably in 1989 at a Whataburger being asked to pay more than $6 for a combo.

[epzik8]

It's there. Just ask for a hamburger.

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/hamburger.html

Thanks for the clarification.

[lepidopteran]

Anyone know if this place on US-30 in Everett, PA was a McD's at one time?  I first noticed it when taking 30 west from Breezewood in lieu of the Turnpike, and thought the architecture looked sort of familiar.     

[ErmineNotyours]

Anyone know if this place on US-30 in Everett, PA was a McD's at one time?  I first noticed it when taking 30 west from Breezewood in lieu of the Turnpike, and thought the architecture looked sort of familiar.   

Go back to 2008 and it looks like a Dairy Queen.