GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Our newly, rebuilt McDonald's in Lebanon is reopening tomorrow morning (5/20) at 5 AM. This is by far the nicest McDonald's restaurant I've ever been in...and I've been in quite a few! LOL Seriously, if you didn't know it was an McD, you wouldn't recognize it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mv91 259 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 my neck of the woods, I will have to check it out. was by a week ago or so and it sure didnt look like a MCD's!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 my neck of the woods, I will have to check it out. was by a week ago or so and it sure didnt look like a MCD's!!! Wait until you see the inside...:eek:... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frito gonzales 103 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Was in one in TN somewhere that had big screen tv's and was really nice. Will the Leb McD's have the big tv's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueAlum 12 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 I drove by it last week on my way home from Bristol, I was hoping it was open so I could grab a frappe (those things are addictive), but it wasn't. Looked incredible from the outside. The fountain out front was a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublue 939 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Is it the retro look? Some of the newer McD's down here are trending that way. I really like that design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Was in one in TN somewhere that had big screen tv's and was really nice. Will the Leb McD's have the big tv's? Three of them and a fireplace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Is it the retro look? Some of the newer McD's down here are trending that way. I really like that design. Not even close to "retro"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Does this article cover the new concept? http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/05/19/mcdonalds_redesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokie07 11 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Has anyone been in the McDonalds right by the Biltmore in Asheville? That's the craziest/coolest McDonalds I've ever been in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Is that the one we went to that had the Piano playing it's self? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Does this article cover the new concept? http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/05/19/mcdonalds_redesign Yep, that's pretty close to what we've got in Lebanon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublue 939 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 (edited) Not even close to "retro"... Oops, wrong choice of words....there are some retro McD's ( re: as in "Happy Days") but the new design is not that. My "foggy brain" couldn't recall the words I really wanted to use. However, IMO, the new exterior with the "clean linear design of the buildings featuring stone and the simple curving yellow bars on the roof" invoke for me a Frank Lloyd Wright "type" of design from the past. I really like this look. (In fact, had a new front door installed on my house the "prairie" style, simple lines, originally introduced by FLW.) http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0516-confidential-mcdonalds--20100516,0,7319343.column The most memorable McD's I've been in.....the one in NYC on Broadway with a baby grand piano and musician located in the balcony entertaining the folks. Edited May 22, 2010 by trublue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Oops, wrong choice of words....there are some retro McD's ( re: as in "Happy Days") but the new design is not that. My "foggy brain" couldn't recall the words I really wanted to use. However, IMO, the new exterior design of the "clean linear lines of the buildings featuring stone and the simple curving yellow bars on the roof" invoke for me a Frank Lloyd Wright "type" of design from the past. I really like this look. (In fact, had a new front door installed on my house the "prairie" style, simple lines, originally introduced by FLW.) http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0516-confidential-mcdonalds--20100516,0,7319343.column The most memorable McD's I've been in.....the one in NYC on Broadway with a baby grand piano and musician located in the balcony entertaining the folks. The building looks very much like that one except we've got a "picnic area" in front with a stone wall surrounding it...also have a "water fall" feature up next to the road where the sign is. The inside looks nothing like the old McD's...even the bathrooms and bathroom doors are "upscale"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 The building looks very much like that one except we've got a "picnic area" in front with a stone wall surrounding it...also have a "water fall" feature up next to the road where the sign is. The inside looks nothing like the old McD's...even the bathrooms and bathroom doors are "upscale"... The new ones in Fairlawn and Christiansburg are like this as well now. Both reopened in the last twelve months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 So GMan, when does Bluefield VA get the new look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 So GMan, when does Bluefield VA get the new look? 10-12 years...McD likes to rebuild them when they get to be 25-30 years old...Bluefield, VA opened in '92, I think. The old Lebanon McD was 29 years old and beyond repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futbolking 766 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Three of them and a fireplace... Sounds like the one in Dublin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 has anyone seen the mcdonalds in Orlando? when are you gonna start puttin these in GMAN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 has anyone seen the mcdonalds in Orlando? when are you gonna start puttin these in GMAN? Never as far as I know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 i'd say it would be expensive to maintain one of those... but it's a pretty innovative idea it would bring in a lot of business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers_07 72 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 the one in lebanon is nice, not to mention i work there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 the one in lebanon is nice, not to mention i work there too. Welcome to the "family"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHampshireRed 94 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Welcome to the "family"... Have any pics available of what the inside looks like Gman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 No, I don't. I should have snapped some for posting during one of the four trips I made down there last week. I'll see what I can do though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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