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Old 02-10-2018, 02:41 AM
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Oldest McDonald's in Portland to be demolished

1962 McDonald's in Portland, Oregon to be demolished. Better bring the big sledge hammers and blow torches to destroy the demolition company's machines. Let's smash up every Caterpiller excavator and recycle them into parts for vintage TVs, film projectors and other useful things.
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Old 02-10-2018, 09:18 AM
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Sad.

The one in Desplains Il. that my Mom grew up eating at (which I believe is older: 1959?) ain't going anywhere so I think I'll save myself cross-country air fair and a vandalism charge.
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Old 02-10-2018, 07:00 PM
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I think all the old McD's in our area are long gone. They were very small as a
rule. Most Howard Johnsons are still restaurants. I sure miss those days when
you could actually EAT McD food. If they came out with a "classic" menu
made the same way it was 50 yrs ago it would cure the slide in biz.
They would knock the crown off the burger kings head & kick Wendys ass.
But sadly the gov has its boot on McD's throat & they are cowards so
wont do it.
BTW if you are not over 50 you have no idea how big
HoJo's was. They are gone & it can happen to McD also. The bigger they
are the harder they fall..........

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Old 02-11-2018, 10:26 AM
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1962 McDonald's in Portland, Oregon to be demolished. Better bring the big sledge hammers and blow torches to destroy the demolition company's machines. Let's smash up every Caterpiller excavator and recycle them into parts for vintage TVs, film projectors and other useful things.
Gotta be honest with ya here , of all the vintage things I'm fond of preserving , a vintage greasy spoon would be the last thing I'd be taking up torches & pitchforks over . Especially a McDs . Yuck & good riddance ....

PS , Zeno is 100% correct , back in it's heyday HoJos had it ALL OVER McDs !
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Old 02-12-2018, 03:11 AM
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I sure miss those days when you could actually EAT McD food. If they came out with a "classic" menu made the same way it was 50 yrs ago it would cure the slide in biz.
Holy crap, I never thought there was any possibility of that ruthless corporate giant going under. For ages I've considered them and China Mart to be the world's most evil companies; little wonder they often share a roof.
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Gotta be honest with ya here , of all the vintage things I'm fond of preserving , a vintage greasy spoon would be the last thing I'd be taking up torches & pitchforks over . Especially a McDs . Yuck & good riddance ....

PS , Zeno is 100% correct , back in it's heyday HoJos had it ALL OVER McDs !
Given the blessing of Johnny Law to destroy one of those places I'd use any and all weapons I could get my hands on.

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Old 02-12-2018, 10:00 AM
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Gotta be honest with ya here , of all the vintage things I'm fond of preserving , a vintage greasy spoon would be the last thing I'd be taking up torches & pitchforks over . Especially a McDs . Yuck & good riddance ....

PS , Zeno is 100% correct , back in it's heyday HoJos had it ALL OVER McDs !
The last time I heard the term "Greasy Spoon" was from a gentleman a generation before mine. My father also used it.
BTW, I'm 73 YO.
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Old 02-12-2018, 03:43 PM
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The last time I heard the term "Greasy Spoon" was from a gentleman a generation before mine. My father also used it.
BTW, I'm 73 YO.
I heard it on Corner Gas once, Wanda said it.
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Sad.

The one in Desplains Il. that my Mom grew up eating at (which I believe is older: 1959?) ain't going anywhere so I think I'll save myself cross-country air fair and a vandalism charge.
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.
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If they came out with a "classic" menu
made the same way it was 50 yrs ago it would cure the slide in biz.
They would knock the crown off the burger kings head & kick Wendys ass.
We have a chain of burger places here in California that essentially IS about what McDonald's was in the 1950s, and they even have the same colors (red, yellow, and white) of the old McDonald's restaurants. The food itself is probably better than McDonald's ever was, though, too. And, indeed they are far busier than Burger King or Wendy's every time I go to one.

The chain is called In-N-Out Burger. They have been around since before McDonald's.
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Old 02-18-2018, 03:39 PM
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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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Old 02-18-2018, 05:18 PM
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We have a chain of burger places here in California that essentially IS about what McDonald's was in the 1950s, and they even have the same colors (red, yellow, and white) of the old McDonald's restaurants. The food itself is probably better than McDonald's ever was, though, too. And, indeed they are far busier than Burger King or Wendy's every time I go to one.

The chain is called In-N-Out Burger. They have been around since before McDonald's.
Love that place, I have to go there anytime I'm in California or Arizona. I also heard they are planning to open one in Colorado Springs this year. Only problem is palm trees don't grow here, so it won't have the iconic crossed palms in front of the store. Maybe they could use Aspen trees, just cut off all the lower branches and get a shape vaguely similar to a palm tree.
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I think it is sad when corporate giants fail to preserve their own history. The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is incredibly depressing when compared to the GM Heritage Center for example. McDonald's would be wise to either give an incentive to the franchisees with the oldest surviving restaurants to maintain them as they are, or buy and operate them outright.
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Old 02-18-2018, 08:35 PM
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Apparently, I've not been told the whole truth...Well, I can at least save on airfare.
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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.
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Old 02-19-2018, 08:52 AM
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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.

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