the first restaurant the mcdonald family opened in the us that was simply called "mcdonald's" was at huntington drive (route 66) near the monrovia airport.
the first restaurant the mcdonald family opened in the us that was simply called "mcdonald's" was at huntington drive (route 66) near the monrovia airport.
where was the first restaurant the mcdonald family opened in the us that was simply called "mcdonald's"?
huntington drive (route 66) near the monrovia airport
the mcdonald family moved from manchester, new hampshire to hollywood, california in the late 1930s, where brothers richard and maurice mcdonald ("dick" and "mac") began working as set movers and handymen at motion-picture studios. in 1937, their father patrick mcdonald opened "the airdrome", a food stand, on huntington drive (route 66) near the monrovia airport in the los angeles county city of monrovia, california with hot dogs being one of the first items sold. hamburgers were later added to the menu at a cost of ten cents with all-you-can-drink orange juice at five cents. in 1940, maurice and richard moved the entire building east, to west 14th and 1398 north e streets in san bernardino, california. the restaurant was renamed "mcdonald's bar-b-que" and had 25 menu items, mostly barbecue.
history of mcdonald's
mcdonald returned to missouri in 1846, and took up residence in hannibal where he had made several large investments. mcdonald traveled between virginia and missouri, and on one of his stays in hannibal, he met cornelia peake, whose sister, susan peake, was married to mcdonald's brother, edward charles mcdonald. mcdonald and cornelia married on may 27, 1847, in hannibal, and in 1848 the couple returned to romney where mcdonald resumed his law practice. he sold the log dwelling in romney to william davis in 1849, although mcdonald and his family continued to reside in romney at least until 1850 in 1853, mcdonald and his family relocated to "wind lea" in paddy town (now known as keyser), a settlement along the north branch potomac river and baltimore and ohio railroad in western hampshire county (now mineral county). mcdonald's wife, cornelia, successfully persuaded the united states post office department to change the name of paddy town to wind lea, after which it was changed again to new creek station following the mcdonald family's departure. mcdonald and his family returned to romney before subsequently moving to mcdonald's hometown of winchester. in 1856, mcdonald purchased "hawthorne" at 610 amherst street in winchester and he and his wife relocated there from romney. "hawthorne" had previously been owned by virginia governor james wood and george washington's nephew lawrence augustine washington.
angus william mcdonald