Oldest Operating McDonalds Restaurant In The World
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- A visit to the worlds oldest operating McDonalds restaurant in Downey California . Ordered some food , checked out the museum and made a new pigeon friend .
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TheDailyWoo mines a big Mac please 😎
Poor guy who had to count the number of burgers sold...
One...
Two...
Three..
Four...
..........
...Five hundred million...
I remember going to one , back when I was a kid!
Hey Adam, just another huge fan of yours. Love your videos and hope for many more. Make another collaboration with Dan soon!
TheDailyWoo Hi Adam , Bring back your old intro song ! Please please please please awww Sh÷%t son 😡
Hope they never demolish it or “remodel it”
There was one that looked like that in Tulsa, OK and they remodeled it :(
Yeah I agree I don't do any major Renovations on it just only the minor Renovations like if you have some breaking down a but that's it
They won't because it's a cultural landmark in SoCal so it'll never be altered.
Alpha Macho Hope they demolish it
Iuri Freitas Fine, just destroy history needlessly.
Why does a building from decades ago suddenly look so futuristic?
It's that "Googie" architecture style. It always looks futuristic.
The McDonald brothers were ahead of their time and Ray Kroc even stole the restaurant design (golden arches) from them.
@@picklerix6162 he payed for it !!!
@@DeepDeepSpace life's a cycle
Mickey D's should go back to this!!
Adam, I grew up in that area. We were extremely poor and lack of food was the norm. When this McD's opened, I'll never forget going over there. We paid .10 for burgers, .15 for cheeseburgers, .10 for fries, .10 for beverages. The five of us ate and ate and ate and ate.....and then my dad actually said, "I'm getting more. Who wants more?" It was SO GOOD and I had never had that much food at one time in my life. It was a day none of us have ever forgotten. We had relatives in Downey on Brunache (not far from Firestone and Stewart & Gray.) We lived in Maywood on Everett Ave as well as in Huntington Park on Hollenbeck.
Still got the dollar menu, save your quarters
That is a GREAT story, Enjoyed hearing your memory.
Thank you so much for this memory...... It's very heart-warming!
🙂👍
Damn
Going to this particular McDonald's is like taking a time machine into 1953! May this one never go away.
I`m 62 I use to eat there when they opened. Two cheeseburgers, fries, and a drink for under a buck. But if you wanted ketchup it cost 4 cents extra and they put it in a little white cup. BELIEVE IT or not.
I find it crazy how useful pennies were back in the day. Today not so much imo.
@Kw1k Relentz yeah but usually they use ketchup packets when you ask for ketchup. The white cups are only if you eat inside and don't ask for it when you order
that you are 62
If you are 62, you weren't alive in 1953.
Hamboarding exactly they just want likes 😂
When you go to that old Mcdonald's restaurant, you are in the 1950's.. PRETTY AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Except for the prices and the quality of the food
jonny chingas that and the lack of tail fins, chrome, and white wall tires on the cars parking there today.
jonny chingas price is still the same
MMS.16 So you can get 2 cheeseburgers, fries, and a soda for under a buck then
Brendan Berney the minimum wage was much lower
The Downey restaurant was franchised directly by the McDonald brothers themselves before Ray Kroc got involved with them, which is why it remained exempt from corporation mandates regarding updating buildings.
Thats not true because The Big M the Mcdonalds brothers original building was torn down due to company mandates before another chain owner bought the property in i believe the 80s.
SOMEONE'S LYING HERE- WHICH ONE OF YOU IS IT?????
That is Correct this was the 3rd location opened by the brothers one in Downey, phoenix Arizona Sacramento and San Bernardino
@@masonhildebrant7337I wonder what became of the ones in Sacramento and Arizona?
@@Collection_Obsession Sacramento has a retro McDonald’s but it’s more modern like and has a Speedee sign small tho and Arizona closed and never reopened don’t know if u can find the building
I've been to this location dozens and dozens of times for both lunch and dinner. And to think they were going to get rid of this building, and took the local citizens of Downey and the untiring efforts to keep this location today. I was one of those that signed a petition to keep it here and open. And have been there for many tributes and events. This truly never gets old. And there is something special about ordering a burger, fries and shake here.
Oh dang
It’s funny when you are old and look at things other people call artifacts... and you remember when they were new lol
Scary as hell ain't it?
Can't relate i'm born in the 2000s lol!
@@adventurefighter7501 I was born in 2003 lol
@@adventurefighter7501 i was born in 1999 lol!
@@fakeitembox7657 04
My grandfather, Dad, and I went to a protest to save this McDonald’s in around 95 or 96. He was a dentist in Downey for many years. Brings me back.
The most recent CEO (who had to resign recently for personal indiscretions) wanted in the worst way to divorce the current McDonalds Corp. from any vestige of its history (the dude was from Great Britain, so...)
I'm going by memory here, but the Northridge earthquake from 1994 severely damaged this restaurant. It was red-tagged as the building was unsafe. I'm glad it was saved, probably at great cost.
@@THOMMGB You are correct about that claim but, it was a B.S. story. There was no damage to the building. Downey did not have any damage at all. We hardly felt anything. The property owner ( Pep Boys) was looking to demolish the building as it sat empty for a few years. Mc Donald's refused to renew the franchise agreement due to the owner making more money off shirts and hats etc. As a Jr. Downey J.C. Member I did help in fighting to save this property from being destroyed. We forced Mc Donald's to reconcile their history and use it as a marketing plan. It worked and they paid to have the property fixed up. I still today have the Press Release for the Grand Reopening. There was some water damage to be repaired and the sign had to be repainted and all the neon replaced. My family became friends with the original owners of this restaurant. Also being a member of the historical society, we helped to arrange to set up the museum on site. The family kept all the items they replaced over the years. They had much more then what ended up in the museum.
@@twofeathersrv Thanks so much for telling the story of what really happened and how this McDonald's managed to survive.
@@twofeathersrv Good for you... guys...Many thanks for your dedication
Thankyou for sharing. This is so cool to watch
Wow, I'm watching this 4 years later. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.
First time I ate there, was 1959.
gene carlo i think he died
My God that's a story to tell
@@screwyounetwork9574 😂😂😂😂😂
NahhFr 😂😂
NahhFr That’s not funny ☹️
That one looks much more inviting than the ones today.
Much MUCH more
And I’m the “new” generation
Its kind of hard to compare them... one is a walk up while new locations have insides
McDonald’s today has that weird “urban hipster” design thing that just looks weird and off putting. It’s like they’re trying to make you think it’s a coffee shop instead of a burger stop.
@Jordan Gerstein McDonald's now a days look like a prison, or feel and look like they are only for business men
I want to get on a plane and fly to California IMMEDIATELY. Whenever I do get to go back to the US, I’m absolutely visiting this place. I didn’t know about it til I stumbled across this video, so thank you!
Check out the first McDonald's in San bernardino. Pretty sure it's still standing and is a museum.
Great memory of the first time my parents took us to McDonalds in about 1960. McD had only been in Memphis for 2 yrs. at that point and we had never heard of them or been to one. Dad could feed the whole family for about two dollars and we got plenty of food. Their taste hasn't changed much over the years. They are not one of the better tasting burgers, but maybe a bit cheaper. Still, I hope they can stick around. The one thing that has drastically changed over the years is the quality of their employees. There is no quality but what can you expect for minimum wage.
In the Philippines, McDonald’s is one of the more expensive restaurants. So the employees are held to a higher standard. Reminds me of Chick-fil-A
The employees are nice in Canada
@@eternalriver7866 it is Canada so yeah
making friends with mickey D's peeps......
That's a cool looking McDonald's ..I like the way it looks better then the ones we have now..
There's a few new ones with that design there is one in Las Vegas and more places
whirling dervish +Respect
@whirling dervish might not believe me but McDonald chicken nuggets are Tyson chicken nuggets and Tyson chicken nuggets use real chicken. Now I don't know bout all the other items on the menu . And just because they use real chicken dosent mean it's 100% safe but all I know is theres no pink stuff.
@whirling dervish what a coincidence i live in dayton
Lies
"I'm sorry, we stopped serving breakfast in 1959"
Haha
Beautiful Video!!! (Grew up 12 years in Gardena…..6 min from there. So I’m pretty sure our Family has been there). THANKS for taking the time to make this video✅. God Bless😍
Ahh, the Good Ole Days! Truly Amazing! Great video Adam.👍👍
5:12 you could order the entire menu for $1.29.
Nowadays that'll get you a ham(no cheese)burger WITHOUT TAX 😂😆😭
@@Abel-Alvarez No, it'll get you a mcchicken before tax.
Betch im shook!
eugene julson yes but that was back in the days kinda the same price as today...
That's because back in the old days that's how much money we pay for a normal McDonald's meal.
It takes a lot of guts to walk into a public place and talk to the camera in front of people. Mad respect
Why? I don't get it. Are you scared of your 1st Amendment?
@@urukadooedwards7637 social anxiety
@@urukadooedwards7637 most people in California hate our constitutional rights and republic, I don’t know if Ray Kroc was a Republican oh wait one of the McDonald’s brothers in the movie “The Founder” said to Michael Keaton portraying Ray Kroc said he was a “card carrying Republican”
😅😂😂
@@urukadooedwards7637 I'm pretty sure that's not what he meant.
That First Ronald McDonald with the Paper Cup nose is none other than “Willard Scott” of Today Show Fame. 🍟 🥤 🍔. PS… The uniforms on the mannequins are circa 80’s, I wore one. Mickey D’S was my first job in 1982… About 25 minutes away from the Downey Store on Harbor & McFadden in Santa Ana. 😃
I saw that on a biography piece on Willard Scott in the early 2000’s on the Today show. 😃
how long until you were canned?
@@tommurphy4307 , I was Never Canned., I gave 2 weeks notice when I started college.
14:42 Ronald is gonna lock you up like those two employees lol
They should go back to that retro design
Duke Of Prunes cool , thanks :)
@@grego934 retro?! COOL definitely will throw a party at there
I want to see those Speedie cups!
And to believe they opened that place 67 years ago (As of 3/27/2020)
@@itigo23 omg..
McDonald’s food was so good back in the 1960’s not the same today. When I worked at McDonalds in the 1970’s we still made shakes by hand on a mixer. Those uniforms are from the 1970’s I wore the same pattern but in blue
I worked at McDonald's in Natick Massachusetts 1974-1975. I wore that Uniform too!
How old are you now?(not trying to offend just asking)
59, I'll be 60 in July. I did 28 yrs in the Navy. Retired in 2015. I was 27 when I joined
navyskaterdude how would you describe your childhood in 50s-60s?
@@Predator1706 Hey! I was born in '59 so I dont remember that. I grew up in the Suburbs of Boston, (Wellesley, Natick). It was a a Great time and place to be. I sang in the Choir, Loved Cars, Loved my Family and Friends. We had a Summer Place in Dennisport on Cape Cod. I had a Sunfish Sailboat that was fun. In the Early '70s I got into Punk Rock. Went to 1000s of Shows. I would see bands I didnt like just to see them.i saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in the Fall of '76 even. CBGBs in NYC was Awesome as was the Rat in Boston. I saw Everyone Live...Its Been a Great Ride! The '60s where a blast!
Fantastic movie. Thank you for taking the time
I remember when McDonalds looked like this. I also remember that the 15 cent hamburgers were delicious to a little boy that loved them. Now McDonalds is an absolute last resort when nothing else is available.
watch your mouth. mcdonald’s is still good
@@cashk7326 but the old one’s still better
@@memyselfandi1939 no
what's better than mickey D's? just about ANYTHING....
*McDonald’s toys were the highlight of my childhood*
Lexi Nicole OMG me too 😁
That's kinda sad..
Omg yes the disney glasses
Like everything else the good things in life just get destroyed over time .
Lexi Nicole yes bruh they had the best toys my sister had 100 toys from there in the 90s and I had 100 toys from their in the 2000s what happened new ugky generation
I remember when I was a kid the slogan was: McDonald's is your kind of place, it puts a smile on your face!
I'm lovin' that slogan. No? Eh I tried to make that work. I was born in 2003 lol
I remember that Slogan. Thank You.
The food used to be better before they switched to genetically modified ingredients.
@@jcoolguy1548 “I’m luvin it!” is just such a great slogan
@@kingtrance6826 and exactly when was that? you don't even know do you?
What a great style of narration. Awesome, thanks for the video!
Thanks 🙏 for sharing this piece of history. The 1950s were great 👍 😊 👍
That McDonald's looks just like the one we ate at in 1956. I was very young, loved the strawberry shakes!!
Fake
Back in the 1900 hundreds i remember when i saw an automobile.
@@5446isnotmynumber you probably think things started existing when the 2000s started. How old are you, 2?
@@teamricexx no i just think the over whelming amount of these comments is suspicious.
And no things actually did exsist before the 2000s, except colour.
@@5446isnotmynumber well there was actually color but not in tv and yes there’s a suspicious amount of these types of comments
Hold on, is this the Krusty Krab?
No this is Patrick
No
OWO your here to
hey you copied my comment
CAN WE COPYSTRIKE JUSTIN???
Justin Y. uhhh this was made b4 the krusty krab
Just finished watching your Mc Donald’s video. Myself and my family visited and drove by this Mc Donald’s many years bcuz my family lived in Whittier CA! Who knew many years later would be shown on CZcams channel. Thank you for showing this on your CZcams channel!
My dad took us to McDonald's for the first time in the mid-1960s. It looked exactly like this one, and was the only McDonald's in our city in Ohio. We sat in our station wagon and enjoyed our lunch.
"ENTER DO NOT"
This must be where Master Yoda eats.
That's funny lol
😂😂😂
Why is this so funny.
@@frankwoods9895 because it is
*inside an american cultural museum*
ThomasTheWankEngine lol
😂
ThomasTheWankEngine that profile helps it
Lmao
Wow! Such racist. **triggered** 😤
Still open to this very day, untouched it’s beautiful.
Adam, I still am old enough to remember McDonald’s looking like that and the menu, in the mid 60’s and early 70’s! I remember every Saturday for dinner, my mom’s no cook night, we would get a takeaway, since this was way before drive through windows! I remember I would always order a cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate shake. I remember when the offered the fish sandwich and hot apple pie. Then a few years later their breakfast sandwich which was the egg McMuffin. Thank you for taking me down memory lane!
The milkshake machine was working? Almost unheard of these days!
thanks for grossing us out
I love the look of the older McD buildings. Glad to see that there are still some around.
Nah I prefer the square gray and beige monstrosities of the modern stores, you arrive depressed and leave the same way, no tricks
Portland, OR had one (3rd oldest I believe) but it wasn't functional. I think it stopped serving food in the 80's. Was demolished around 2017 I believe. Those buildings were so frikin cool looking. They really should bring them back.
@@EmperorStarscream lmao
Best joke
13:26 can’t believe you got to meet the famous McDonalds pigeon. I’m so jealous.
hahaha im jelous as well 😂✌️
I suppose the McPigeon Sandwich never took off. 😏
Mcpigeon
@@ismellbeans1279 I live really close to that place
LMFAOOOOOOOO!!😭😭😂😂😂😂
Memories of this channel and your video.
A lot of comments on this video, so I am sure someone already told you: When this McDonald's open, it was a "drive-in" resturant, but that means you drove into the parking lot, got out of you car to order your food, and could eat it in your car. It did NOT have a drive-THRU window. Some drive-ins had car hops (waitstaff) that took your order at the car and then brought it to your car. I don't think McDonald's ever had car hops.
I can remember when they all looked like that. 15 cents for a burger.
Me too. Good times.
those glasses brought me back....wow i got old!
Roll Tide! 🐘
I wonder what it would be like if I was born in the 50s
Wish I grew up during those times
As a young boy, I lived in Lakewood right next to Downey. We went there many times in the 1960's and 1970's. Very good memories.
Me, too.
@Bloodline same here
Lynwoid& South Gate ,and went to all the cool places as a kid too. Thnx Ma& Pa.
Your old
Hey Neighbor, do you remember the Golden Star on Cherry & Carson? :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Super presentation! Seriously laughing out loud! We had an old McD's in Rancho Cordova near Sacramento, CA but the bums took it down. It looked so much like the Downey one. I miss it terribly. I'm a straight out plain burger, small fries kind of gal. There are those times you just want Mc Donald's. (I love In N Out too...) It was never fast food to me - just more of a luxurious treat which the younger generations might not understand. Thank you for this lovely video including the GREEN M and pigeon story!! Love and warmest wishes to you from Northern California! PS: I subscribed today. :)
Wow
In Germany we would call this building a traditional Imbiss, weirdly enough there is no proper english translation for this word! I really like it, thanks for the mini documentation ;)
the translation is: snack
We had an old McDonald's where I live but they reconstructed it and now it's all modern & plain. The old one use to look better tbh
Bruce Wayne i like the new ones lol
Its Downey
I have a old Denny’s near me
Because ... progress !!!
i feel like everytime we turn around Mcdonalds is remodeling itself lol
I bet their ice cream machine is broken.
I know right?! Every time I go to a McDonalds, their machine is broken!
Kevin Oi since opening
Nope originally in Downey they never served ice cream because that was never on the original menu but now they repainted and put a nice drive thru now and adding desserts
It's broke down more then it works. . .
Lmao probably is
Thanks for sharing with us .
I love your videos! Man I wished I was traveling through these places you go to..the desert and old towns that has faded away almost!! I just want to say ...don't stop filming haha...I love it😍
1962 - going to McDonald’s was a real treat for me. Two burgers, two fries and a coke - 64 cents, no sales tax. Fries were cooked in beef fat and were artery-clogging wonderful. The stores looked like this one, except no drive through - that came in the mid-1970’s. The stores had no inside seating until the late 1960’s.
Gene Jones that’s incredible
Turns out that beef fat is a lot better for you than the vegetable oil they use now. 🤦♂️
Damn thinking about spending less than a dollar on a meal bewilders me
I 've been to that..was two years old..and your comment on when inside seating appeared is spot on (Our Whittier one, just south of Lambert, on Painter, southeastern corner cross from Burger King, was outdoor till well till 70s)
Wow!!!
I've been there twice. The first time, I was riding in a 1958 Edsel Pacer, and the second time, I was riding in a 1964 Studebaker Cruiser. These cars just added to the experience.
I hear you❗ That's wonderful. As a kid my favorite car I saw was a Packerd my friends Dad showed me. Older at the time. The first Edsel was driven by the executive's wife to our house. We all weren't sure of it...
@@carolferguson19 .
they were so great, in fact, that they quit making them.....
I remember going there since I was a kid. My dad used to say the 500 million served sign was there over 20 years ago. That was 30 years ago when he said that. I remember when they were going to demolish it because Pepboys bought the land but Governor Pete Wilson made it a landmark. That's when they fixed it up and built the museum. This was in the late 90's. When they opened it, they were only serving stuff they had back in the 50's and on Tuesday in a certain window you actually paid the prices from the 50's. We ate well those days haha. Cool to see it again. I moved out of California 1999. Lived in Santa Fe Springs about 4-5 miles from it.
Well damn. I wonder if that's still happening ?
our mc d's had a fish pond beneath the arch sign- thats where the filet of goldfish started.....
pete wilson was alot like gavin newsom. i wish he would go to washington and get the f out of california.
where did you go to eat well??
The Fonder join us shall you, thank you for sharing Adom D Woo
I live right near this McDonald’s. Didn’t know it was the oldest operating tho
Same !
Me to in sana fe springs
Emmanuel Martinez yea but it isnt the actual 1st mcdonalds
Me neither I passed by it a view times and said to myself just a old McDonalds
Whatch the movie
"Drive-in" is not "Drive Through." These kinds of restaurants were referred to as "Drive-ins" because you didn't "sit-in."
Just about to say the same thing (glad I checked the recent comments first :)
Funfact: In Germany (I am not sure about the rest of Europe) the "Drive-Trough" is called "Drive-in"
@@pascal9280 Depends of the languages, for instance in French it's just "Drive" !
(And BTW it's always drive-through, never drive-in)
@@psirvent8 The thing is it is exactly called drive-in, it is not translated to german. I think they are going with drive-in in Germany because it is easier to pronounce than drive-through for german speaking people.
You bout to drive through mcdonalds and crash
Well done and very informative! Thanks!
Thank you for the video. Now I need to visit this McDonald's.
This is how McDonald's looked in Mason City, Iowa in the early 60's! Love it! Huge treat when we were kids! My parents never made more than about 6,000 dollars a year and we didn't eat out! But once a month or so...huge treat. The fries and a chocolate shake were the bomb!
And thats how it should be a treat, unfortunately here in the UK we have imbeciles that go there EVERYDAY, their butts can hardly get through the door.
I’m from Mason city Iowa!!!
@@rugbydazz2264 lol 😂
This is how McDonald's looked in Burien, Washington in the mid-to-late '60s. Fabulous treat. The original Golden Arches walk-up design was torn down around 1972 and replaced with the newer sit-down format building, and then completely replaced with a modern-looking exterior and interior design about 10 years ago. "Progress"?
Our family ate at mason city McDonalds when we were all done with walking beans for the year. Now you can't afford to walk in the door anymore. They want you to talk to the wall to order now. Next...they won't want cash.
I worked at this McDonalds in 1998 . Everything is the same , except it didn’t have a drive-thru:-)
Brings back memories
1 Rami crazy how 1998 doesn't seem too long ago bu thats 20 years
Any idea when the drive-thru was put in?
Ah mike was a good lad
Mike was a cool guy
Mike was an amazing guy
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day now.
Thanks for sharing another great vlog, Adam! I live McDonalds but I really love A&W, just wondering if you could possibly do a vlog on that restaurant. I was a carhop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada back in the 1970s. It was a lot of fun to go up to those cars as you never knew what to expect when you got there. No one was out to hurt you it was all a lot of fun. Please Adam do a vlog on A&W! Thanks in advance!
remember my mom taking my brother and I to an A&W drive-in located in Stockton, Calif. in 1967. they had these huge "mugs" of root beer that were shaped like a megaphone. the carhops there were moving around on roller skates.
were you on skates? roller or ice??
Ray Kroc wasn’t “the founder.” There’s animosity with him and the McDonald brothers. Probably why Ray’s photos are by the bathroom. (You should watch “The Founder” it explains a lot.)
"The Founder" was SUCH a good movie. I thought the same thing ... NO accident Kroc is tucked away next to the flushers!!
I enjoyed The Founder
I will one day when I stop watching 80s films on repeat
Still haven't watched that but I heard they filmed some of it in Portland at one of the oldest McDonald's before they tore it down!?
Adam, that could be awhile. haha
How ironic, I’m in the drive thru and this popped into my recommendation
Their watching you!!!👻
That's because there are spies on your phone they are tracking you all the time wherever you go
Why tf are you on CZcams while at the drive through.
You are too funny. The strawberry preserves and pigeons were hilarious. Enjoy it. Enjoy it.
I have been at that California MacDonalds in my life time!!! Thanks for sharing!! :) :) The Traffic & population was way lower back then!! :)
Why have they stopped making playgrounds for McDonald’s? That was my childhood days sigh. 😩
June the Goon in serbia, theres an McDonalds with playground
June the Goon They still have it where I live.
Because they are filthy as fuck
We still have them in Germany
Because kids these days don’t need playgrounds. They’re fiddling away on their parents’ phones or iPads.
When I was a kid in the 1960's, most hamburger stands were 'drive in's. Drive thru's with an actual drive up window came much later.
I recall the "drive ins" also, where you would walk up to a window and place your order. Most were independent and sold hot dogs as as well.
Probably in the 80s
Drive in are superior anyways
the red barns weren't drive-ins. burger kings weren't drive-ins. i would say some were and some weren't.
I remember when I was a kid my mom would take me to a McDonald’s like this but it was in Colorado. Such a happy and fond memory. I love seeing this design.
but you kept following her home
The one I went too in Grandville, Michigan was only 1 of two in the country that was closed on Sunday due to the conservative beliefs of the town. Everything else was closed as well, and I always thought that was normal.
Great video!!! I live in the Bay Area and recently went here on one of my trips, I think they're the only McDonald's in California that still have the old school fried apple pies!!
The drive thru was just completed over a year ago. There were many who did not approve of this but they had to update the customer service as the McDonald's up the street was taking a lot of business because of the access for ordering.
I think that "drive in" article you showed from 1953 actually meant car service .. not a "drive thru"
I thought the same thing.
Absolutely, the first McDonalds drive thru wasn't until 1975.
Drive in came in 2 forms Car service with a waitress and oor a spreaker type ordering system. Or the McDonald's way of parking and walking up to the window.
Awwww, I remember living in Orlando and when I was a kid we had a McDonald's just like this one my mom and dad used to take us to. No drive thru though. I love looking at these retro places.
wow i first went here back in 1975 memories my friend looks the same now,,,,,,unbelievable thanks
Isn't it crazy in getting this recommended just after watching a MacDonalds documentary on the history channel, featuring this EXACT MacDonalds?
It's the algorithm.
OMG SAME I WATCHED THE DOCUMENTARY tooo
8:36 The OG Ronald McDonald Looks so creepy!
I find the newer one creepier.
Mate what about ur profile pic
Only 50s kids remember...
both of them are really creepy
Creepier than your profile pic? 😂
Great video! Thanks !
@7:00. It's a "Drive In", not a Drive-through. i.e. you drove in, went to the window and ordered/got your food, and left. Very cool video! Thanks!
Long story short, Ray didn't found the business. He stole the business.
Gamsu Hawk yeah, the movie explains it pretty well
Ray was just smarter and a better businessman its the mcdonalds brothers fault they lost.
Lightning!
exactly such a great film
the founder is epic
This is one of the rare McDonald’s that serves the old school fried apple pies. This location is truly an experience
Oh yes; I remember in the 70’s taking a bite of the fried apple pie ... heaven in a cardboard box! There’s a fast food place here in Canada that still fries the apple pie. So I get it there!
I also miss their amazing styrofoam containers for the burgers! Recycled cardboard boxes don’t give the same McDonald’s feeling!
you mean the ones they got sued over?
I miss the fried apple pies.
fried apple pies are served in the Philippines
mcdonalds in the uk serves fried apple pies
Thank you for sharing
I'm 26 this is on my list thank u for this man, God bless u ❤😭I prey 2 God they don't get rid of this I love places like this ❤🙏
Boy, the food there must be really damn good.
It is lmao
Just got done eating here, wait was abnormally long --and the food was below average compared to the other McDonald’s
@@demeanor3704 So that's what happened when Ray Kroc bought it?
after you.....
the outside looks like the shape of the "Krusty Krab"
Bensen Jero Adviento lol right!!
Did you know the krusty krab is a crab catcher 😂😂
Bensen Jero Adviento or krusty krab looks
Like a McDonald’s....
Cause KK copied McD's.
So? Fuck spobgebob, lame childish crap, never been funny
I really love this video, because you sound so cool with your jokes!!!!
My dad worked as a salesmen at Downey Ford, just down the street from this McDonald's. We lived in Wilmington, living a real hand-to-mouth existence. On Fridays, when my dad got his paycheck, my mom would drive us all to Downey Ford to take my dad to the bank to cash his check. After she took dad back to work, and she had the money from the check, we'd go eat a week's worth of food at McDonald's. You could get ten burgers for a dollar if you bought them by the sack and my hungry five brothers, two sisters and I really looked forward to those Fridays. Lot of memories you triggered, Adam. Great video.
The first Ronald McDonald was played by Willard Scott, the same person who did the weather on NBC good morning America through the eighties.
"Ronald McDonald" goes to "Burger King", "Wendy's", "Jack-In-The-Box" and "Carl's Jr." for exploring test eating!😆
Yes, Willard Scott, but it was the Today Show on NBC.
@@bellasmom3895
Yep, and in Willard's world, that would have been Channel 4 in the DC.Metro area.
when your grand folks used to hang out right on this spot as teens, must bring plenty of nostalgia 📍📍📸
Went to this all the time as a kid during 2005 so dope I remember my dad telling me this was the first McDonald's.
Ray Kroc: The original Hamburglar. (For stealing from the McDonald Brothers)
stevealaska73 actually they made a deal he didn’t steal it without him we wouldn’t have McDonald’s
Rick
They Never Got Fully Paid.
Robbed.!!!
@@swazaswazae8580 a handshake deal, they're owed billions from perpetuity (if you don't know what that is, look it up), but they'll never get it since it was done on a handshake, not in writing. Watch the movie The Founder, and you'll learn how they were swindled out of billions of dollars.
Jack Son oh i was told they did paperwork well at least we got McDonalds from this robbery
If that is really how things went down.... He is a true scumbag.
The wife burglar
I REMEMBER MY PARENTS TAKING US THERE WHEN WE LIVED IN WHITTIER.
Beverly Sharp Hahahah Same
I was born in 1958 & I remember my Grandpa & my Uncle taking us there!! ;) We lived in Burbank. ;)
Oh the memories of passing this as a child as early as I can remember, and having the glasses. Such a dear for showing this.
I remember when McDonalds used to give out actually metal hot wheel cars instead of cheap plastic cars that can get easily damaged
Edit:Also why does the restaurant itself almost look like the Krusty Krab?
Orange Velocity well it was built in 1953 and whoever created Krusty Krab in 1999 wasn't that original 🤷🏻♀️
I just miss the environmental unfriendly foam burger containers that stopped in the late 90’s.
Ashwath Toontown Nope. You misunderstood. obviously Krusty Krab was inspired by the old McDonald's. Maybe you should peek out from beneath your rock.
I have some of them like 3
I remember when they served food and not garbage.
Another great vid - thx! And, you're right: 1st they wrote your order on a pad. then transferred it to the register - & all the employees wore uniforms with matching hats - was real high class - LOL!😎
Unfortunately, I never was born during that time but seeing the old look of it now, it seems surreal. Looks like an old fashioned diner and seems more welcoming compared to the McDonalds we have now. History is always interesting to see, especially ones like this.
Quick shout out to you brotha Adam!! Thanks for ALL your videos and your nostalgic passion in all you film, we need more people like you. You certainly have a gift. Also thanks for keeping the Covid lockdown more bearable. I feel like I'm going to lunch with a good friend on a daily basis for this time frame, great idea and many thanks, you're greatly appreciated and an inspiration to soooo many. Keep that camera rollin, boss!!! Much love and God bless :):):)