Thursday, October 9, 1986
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I don't know why I keep returning
to McDonald's. Of the three big
burger chains, I probably like Mc
Donald's the least. In fact, I can
think of more reasons not to go to
McDucks than all the other down
town eateries. Yet I keep returning
there, once or twice a week, even
more if they have good coupons.
It would be quite simple for me to
write a bad review of McDonald's
and their bland burgers, but I would
just make a big hypocrite of myself.
Someone would see me walking into
the 1401 0 St. location and embar
rass me by screaming at the top of
his lungs, "I thought you hated this
place!"
So this "taste" review will focus
on all the good things about the
original and largest fast food chain
in the world. And maybe, before the
end of the article, I can answer the
burning question, "Just why do I
keep returning to McDonald's?"
I wasn't always fascinated with
McDonald's. It wasn't until I went
to Europe that 1 became obsessed
with the Golden Arches. At first, I
resisted going to any European Mc
Donald's. Why would I want to eat a
meal identical to the one I could eat
in Lincoln when there were new and
exciting European foods for me to
try? I soon discovered the advan
tages. For one, I knew precisely
what I was getting. There wouldn't
be any outrageous tips or cover
charges, and I never had to pay to
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use the restroom. If I had limited
time to get to a museum, I didn't
have to deal with snotty waiters for
hours and hours.
McDonald's is famous for being
the same at any location. And believe
me, that's true. If you eat a Quarter
Pounder here in Lincoln, it's the
same Quarter Pounder you'll eat in
Brussels, Oxford, Munich or Paris.
The same Muzak playing the Ray
Coniff Singers blares through the
speakers at Boise, Idaho, Madrid or
Guildford. The pimply teen-agers
wear the same blue or green polyes
ter uniforms in Omaha, Barcelona
and Toulouse. Everywhere McDo
nald's is the same, same, same.
There are slight cultural differ
ences, though. The Belgians, who
are famous for eating lots of French
fries, have a super-huge size of fries
called McFrites. And low-alcohol
beer is served in most Continental
locations. But I especially loved the
French McDonald's McEscargot.
Like Chicken McNuggets, they come
in boxes of six, 12 and 24. You can
even dunk the deep-fried snails in
barbecue, sweet and sour sauce or
honey. I couldn't resist stopping in
at the French McDonald's and get
ting a box of those savory snails.
But of all the McDonald's restau
rants in the world, the downtown
Lincoln McDonald's is special. Oh,
the food is the same, the same as all
the other McDonald's. That same-
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ness is one of the things I hate most '
about McDonald's, It's an evil part
of the homogenization of America.
But the clientele of the 1401 0 St.
location is anything but homogen
ous. Over the lunch hour, I can sit
down and watch businessmen in
three-piece-suits, the blue-collar
boys dressed in plaid shirts and
dirty blue jeans, college students,
high schoolers and an occasional
derelict dressed in rags or Regional
Center escapee mumbling quietly.
The 1401 0 St. McDonald's is a
people-watcher's paradise.
I can never stay for too long,
though the overwhelming green
ness and the bright flourescent
lights are too much to take. I can
O.D. on chartreuse.
I'm still not sure why I keep
returning to the Golden Arches. I'll
try to make a short list of all the
good things about McDonald's, and
maybe that will answer my question:
1. The fries are great.
2. They serve Classic Coke.
3. Big Macs are the only burgers
that taste good without ketchup.
4. The freaky people.
5. If 1 don't eat all of my food, I
know a derelict will find my half
eaten cheeseburger in the dumps
ter later back in the alley anyway
and won't let it go to waste.
And that's why I keep going back
to McDonald's. Long live Ray Kroc,
Ronald McDonald and Mayor Mc-Cheese.
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