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more about #fastfood more comments → Pesti-Esti: Yes, the new Chelsea McDonald's is basically the Versailles of fast food restaurants. Sorry, that award goes to the McDonald's in the Nyugati train s... more » SpicyMeatball: Does anyone remember when Burger King attempted to have table service? I'm sure it was test market thing, but it was completely ridiculous. They wou... more » A Message To Rudy: At the risk of being looked at as a fat, unclutured American (well, I'm not fat at least), I ate at a McDonalds in London years ago, but only because ... more » hamburgerhotdog: I walked by this place and was slightly in awe at how civilized it looked until I realized no one was actually eating. They were only sitting around. ... more » intime: This sounds like the McDonald's we visited in Paris because my son would eat nowhere else. The coffee was great and much cheaper than that in the cafe... more » LA0811: You people are crazy. McDonald's is delicious. Healthy? No. Delicious? Oh yeah. more » ablative: Oh yes, it may be the Versailles of fast food restaurants, but how will this go over in say.... Versailles, Kentucky? I'm guessing not so much. more » KikiCanuck: Empirically, it would be very difficult to choose between eating gross food in Europe or an early-90s music video. Europe is great and all, but "The F... more » hilikusopus: European-style makeover? Is that why I keep walking by McDonald's featuring something called a McCafe? Can you order beer and wine now, like in Europe? more » SuckRun2001: I can't wait for them to bring back the "McSteak"sandwich it would go well with the new look. more » Private Hangnail: I love it when my laptop smells like the Hamburglar. more » Mo MoDo: "industrial-inspired corrugated metal and brick walls"? How about we let Chipotle stay Chipotle and keep the warehouse chic out of our burger joints? more » hotpinklovesofa: A McDonald's in Chelsea? Must be for the tourists as I don't see any of the natives daring to commit carbicide. more » shostakobitch: yeah well the new combination Pizza hut and Taco bells all look like the Beijing CCTV Building. Jamaica Avenue, right? more » Trai_Dep: I was charmed by the Brüno hotpants-clad Ronald McDonald, but really, he needed a good waxing. more » -
#dontbefooled
McDonald's Gets 'Sleek' New Look, Food Still Terrible
The new McDonald's in Chelsea is much improved. Not the food, dummy: The ambience. It's the first in America to undergo what the AP calls "a sleek, European-style makeover". Come, let us explore this wonderful place.
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#andnowhesdead
Grease Is Good
Troy Smith, founder of the Sonic Drive-in chain, died this week at the age of 87. He's at least the sixth fast food mogul to die of extraordinarily old age in the past two years. One cup of grease, please. -
#brightideas
How Can We Lose Some Weight?
We as Americans are not in the shape we once (1942) were. Is it possible to "lose" the accumulated weight of decades of Cap'n Crunch, Nestle Quik, and Quarter Pounders? America's willing to give it a shot. With crazy schemes. More » -
#corporateamerica
A Brave New Donut
When you're deciding which fast food franchise to buy into, one to avoid would be Dunkin Donuts, because the muckety-mucks at Dunkin Donuts headquarters will spy on you with video cameras, 24/7. More » -
#corporateamerica
Starbucks Bets It All on Hobo Coffee
We know you luv Starbucks. But Starbucks has problems. McDonald's is stealing its customers. Iconic stores are shutting down. Teenagers are planting bombs, workers are slowing down, and management's flirting with Communism. Today, Starbuck's salvation arrives: instant coffee. Uh, lowbrow. More » -
#usa
Relax: McDonald's Global Economic Domination Is Safe
There is nothing—nothing—more American than McDonald's. So would weird, less-American competitors please stop trying to overtake McDonald's dominance? Soon, Subway will have more stores than McD's. What pansy message does this send to the world? Americans eat cucumbers?!? More » -
#corporateamerica
Faster, Starbucks Robots!
You, Starbucks worker: Your inefficiencies are showing! You lean to scoop coffee at a sub-optimal angle! You waste precious seconds with your sloppy human movements! Improve efficiency, serve coffee two seconds faster on average! Move swiftly for mother company's glory! More » -
#poultrywars
Oprah and KFC Conquer America
When KFC enlisted Oprah to help roll out its new "Grilled" "Chicken" food product, sparking furious chicken riots across America, it looked like the "Grilled" "Chicken" food product would go down as a terrible fiasco. Think again! Grease+teevee lady=win. More » -
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#advertising
Burger King Will Regret Posing Hindu Goddess on Ham Sandwich
Burger King is constantly getting tons of free publicity for its outrageous offensive (and wacky!) ads, which it sometimes apologizes for afterward. Could this be a purposeful strategy? Of course! But now they're fucking with the goddess Lakshmi. Bad move. More » -
#champions
Marijuana Smoker Lands Fast Food Job
While you were all just hanging out last weekend swimming in a pool and smoking weed, Michael Phelps was being quietly reintroduced as a pitchman for Subway. More » -
#marketing
Teens Flock to Denny's for Inexplicable Dork Band Promotion
Hey, kids: We've noticed you all aren't hanging out at Denny's all night as much as you used to. Denny's wants you back, teenage vagrants! Come meet your "cool" bands, at Denny's! Like Rascal Flatts. You kids like that, eh?? More » -
#americathedumb
All Food Ads Now Hardcore Porn
Burger King is selling sandwiches with blowjobs. Various female sex symbols orgasmically consume burgers in TV ads. What next? Hardee's asks you to "Name our Holes." Hardee's executives love to fuck biscuit dough. More » -
#advertising
World's Cleverest Ad Campaign Is Big Failure
Sometimes a worthless "consumer" will see some very strategic high-concept ad that involves, say, a subservient chicken, and innocently ask, "How does that sell burgers?" And then the creative ad execs will chuckle at this un-strategic dunce, their target audience. More » -
#yuppiewars
McDonald's Sucks Starbucks' Lifeblood
McDonald's is trying to take advantage of the recession to crush Starbucks by flooding America with cheap, faux-fancy McCafé coffeé. Despité the nation's most annoyingé ad campaigné, McD's is winning the battle for the (formerly) yuppié soul: More » -
#no
Quizno's: Taste the Poop
Yes, Quizno's Submarine Sandwich Shoppe is run by oven-lusting sex pervs, but guess what, Quizno's: you have crossed the line by allowing 2 Girls, 1 Cup to be associated with your sandwiches. Think, you fools. More » -
#disasters
Oprah Must Calm America's Furious Chicken Riots
The breadth of Oprah's Free KFC Giveaway Disaster yesterday is just starting to become clear. Reports now indicate that the desperate—and dangerous—Oprah-induced public rush for free chicken and biscuits was a nationwide phenomenon: More » -
#advertising
McD's, Starbucks, and the Battle for the Yuppie Soul
Are you overwhelmed today by the sheer force of the $100 million "marketing blitz" for McDonald's McCafé, the "mother of all campaigns" that's "impossible to escape"? Dié Starbucks! Drink McDonald's Coffeé Or Elsé! More »
