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Original McDonald's Site & Museum. Not far off Route 66 in San Bernardino is a piece of American business history - the original restaurant of fast-food giant McDonald's. A local fast-food franchise company now owns this site and has turned it into a museum.
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I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure what in the world could be so interesting about this museum. From the first glimpse of the building though, it nudges you to keep your eyes peeled because there are so many little treasures everywhere. This museum has a collection of memorabilia and toys from throughout the history of this storied franchise. It is a wa...
Two brothers just wanted to make hamburgers to feed hungry people, so they did and their legacy has now transcended through the decades. Who would have known, that the original barbeque restaurant that opened in 1940 selling sandwiches and shakes from friendly carhops, would become synonymous with hamburgers? That was their best selling item of cou...
Thank you for the memories, Richard and Maurice. You allowed me the chance to recall having the time of my life riding the hamburger merry-go-round. Spending countless hours changing the costumes on all my little McNugget’s and laughing hysterically with ketchup stains on my cheeks. You have done far more than you could ever know, and that is a bea...
Mr Okura also bought the little Route 66 town of Amboy with plans to bring some life back into the sleepy desert ghost town.
Address: 1398 N E St, San Bernardino, CA 92405Admission: Free – Museum is run on donations.Ample ParkingHours: Monday to Friday – 9 AM – 5 PM. Saturday and Sunday – 10 AM – 5 PMJul 7, 2021 · The first McDonald's site and unofficial Original McDonald's Museum in San Bernardino, California is a really fun stop on Route 66 and is filled with a ton of nostalgia....
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The Original McDonald’s: A Museum in San Bernardino. I stumbled upon this museum when I was researching some stuff to do on Route 66. This is the site of the first McDonald’s that was open in 1940, but the property has since been purchased by the owner of local chicken restaurant Juan Pollo and converted into a museum.
Nov 4, 2023 · If you're a fan of the Golden Arches, you might want to visit the First Original McDonald's Museum, an unofficial museum devoted to the chain. Located not far from Route 66 in San Bernardino ...
The only original item here is the first Golden Arches from the store, displayed outside the building now on the site. The free museum on the building is owned by a chicken restaurant and honors that history, and doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is.
The exterior is just as interesting with a vintage McDonald’s sign, Hamburglar and Grimace statues, an Officer Big Mac jail and several Route 66 plaques. Oh, and more than a few Ronald McDonalds. There is also a colorful mural that runs along the entire wall of the museum.
