Oldest McDonald's in Portland to be demolished

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Unfortunately, they already tore that McDonald's down in 1984, then they realized how stupid that was, so they built a replica of it on the same spot as a museum apparently. Now, I last heard, they may have just torn down THAT one (the replica), too, in November 2017, unless it got saved and moved.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...121-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDona...1_Store_Museum

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[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...121-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDona...1_Store_Museum

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Apparently, I've not been told the whole truth...Well, I can at least save on airfare.

[ppppenguin]

In the early 2000s I was at a convention in Portland OR and there met Dick and his wife. This was the Dick who founded the eponymous burger bars before McDonald founded his: http://www.ddir.com/about/

When he heard we were travelling on to Seatlle he invited us to stay with him overnight and gave us a voucher good for 2 meals at one of his places.

Since Dick didn't modernise his places they're now very fashionably retro and a Seattle institution.

[MIPS]

If I recall correctly the first McDonalds in Canada is still currently located in Richmond BC. I can't recall if it was the building or the original sign out front but one of the two are in protected status.