McDonalds - Born In Illinois?

Well almost, actually, the very first McDonalds was run by two brothers Dick and Mac in San Bernadino, CA. Raymond Albert Kroc was the exclusive distributor of a five spindle milk shake mixer, that they were using in their restaurant. He heard they were using 8 of them side by side and decided to go take a look for himself.

He was so impressed by their operation and the speed of service, that he hit upon the idea of opening a chain of similar places, planning to sell many milk shake machines to each. Upon further discussion with the brothers, he decided that, in fact, he would open them himself. He opened the first in Des Plaines, IL in 1955. His first day's sales $366.12!

That particular restaurant is no longer functioning, but is in fact a museum, with another retro style venue across the street. There is lots more to read over at the McDonalds website.

Why do I care, most of you are probably asking. Well, I care, because apart from eating a lot of Mickey Ds as Charlie would call them, or Fat Macs as I have often said, Des Plaines is very near where we live. I really must get around to checking out that museum.

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