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McDonald's Corporation

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Dear Star Pizza...Is Wax Paper Really Too Much to Ask?

    Dear Star Pizza, I want you to know that I am a longtime fan and admirer of your work. Hell, before I was peer-pressured into trying your food I didn't even like pizza at all, an unheard-of thing in a man of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles generation. The fact that picking up a pizza made you invi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    (Possibly) On the Menu: The McGangBang

    It was a lovely Sunday afternoon. I was sitting in a room full of friends as we laughed, noshed on fruit cocktail, enjoyed a non-fruit cocktail or two and finished setting out the day's "spread" when it happened. You could smell it before it even hit the door. McDonald's was here. While others brou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Top 5 Foreign McDonald's Menu Items I Wish Were Available in the U.S.

    One of the things I like best about traveling abroad is the opportunity to try new foods. McDonald's isn't the first restaurant I go to after clearing border patrol, but I confess I do always at least peek at (and sometimes sample) the weird, wonderful world of foreign fast food. Here are five McDo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Before We Cared: 10 Bit Players Who Became Superstars

    On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even served as a plot point in an episode o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Fast Times: McDonald's Under 300 Menu

    When I see a McDonald's commercial I don't exactly stop everything I'm doing and pay close attention, but I couldn't help but take notice of their recent attempt to brand "Egg McMuffin" as a descriptor for "the best" of something. The ad features various people describing things as "the Egg McMuffin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    When McDonald's Kept Us Thin

    Photo by John Kiely​I recently found myself on the quiet side of the glass partition from the McDonald's Playland at the new Ella location, in what I like to call the Old-Timers section, the place in just about every small-town McDonald's where retirees congregate. Oak Forest is like a small ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Eight Businesses We Expect Will Be Getting Custom Texas License Plates Soon

    ​We recently wrote about a new crop of Texas license plates with a variety of themes, most of them sports related. One of the designs, however, was for the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain that isn't even based in the Lone Star State. We certainly understand the passion of a sports fan, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Beyonce's Mom Selling Her Kinkaid-Area Mansion

    HAR​Got a spare $3.5 million lying around? You can buy the home of Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles, and still have a dollar left for a McDonald's breakfast! The 8,850-square-foot mansion is near the Kinkaid School by San Felipe and Voss. According to its official listing, it: unfolds on 2.6 acr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Fast Times: McDonald's Mango Pineapple Real Fruit Shake

    Me and my Real Fruit shake, waiting for the train.​For me, McDonald's falls squarely into one category: I Have the Worst Hangover Ever, And Just Enough Energy for The Drive-Thru. Seriously, even on road trips, McDonald's is a last-resort meal for me. (I am willing to admit that few things beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Fast Times: Saucy New Sauces at McDonald's

    Only three of the four new sauces were available. They threw in two of the old sauces as a consolation prize, I guess.​Normally I wouldn't pay much attention to an ad touting new dipping sauces at McDonald's. On the rare occasion that I darken a Mickey D's doorstep--or drive-thru--I opt for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Jesse Brown, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 59: Wild Downtown Shoot-Out

    Wild West in Midtown​A man who tried to smuggle guns on a Greyhound bus and then engaged in a wild downtown shootout with police apparently killed himself after being injured, Houston police say. The exchange of shots and SWAT team reaction to the man barricading himself in a parking garage l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    McDonald's Now Serving Oatmeal: Fast Food Is Dead, Long Live Fast Food!

    ​That's right: McDonald's, long the bastion of unhealthy yet filling breakfasts, is now serving oatmeal. Seemingly in response to Starbucks' decision back in 2008 to start offering oatmeal in addition to fatty pastries at breakfast, the fast food giant has rolled out a $1.99 cup of oats that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Top 10 Fallen Fast Food Items

    Much has been made in the past few weeks about the McRib, McDonald's exalted ground pork and barbecue sauce wonder. You may remember it first hitting America's mouths in the early '80s, not selling extremely well, and only coming back every now and then. It returned briefly in 1994 as the "Brontos ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    Refreshments

    Much has been made in the past few weeks about the McRib, McDonald's exalted ground pork and barbecue sauce wonder. You may remember it first hitting America's mouths in the early '80s, not selling extremely well, and only coming back every now and then. It returned briefly in 1994 as the "Brontos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    "McDonald's Fat Menu Will Kill You" Ads May Be Coming To Houston

    The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who presumably spent years trying to come up with the most boring "eat your spinach" name ever, may be targeting Houston with its latest attack ad.That ad, which has run in Washington, DC, features a fat guy on a gurney in the morgue with a death gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    What's Your Burger Bag?

    Photo by Adam KubanOne-third of a pound of Angus: disgusting or delicious?​When I was in middle school, my mother put me on a bus to the East Coast. (This is a long story.) The bus stopped in Kentucky at one point, and we all got off to eat lunch. We'd stopped in a McDonald's parking lot, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    International Food Diplomacy: How Not to Get Into a Fight at an Austrian McDonald's

    ​I received a lovely email this morning from an intern at My Table Magazine, requesting my "favorite food memory while traveling" for an upcoming issue. Because I realize that My Table is soliciting these food memories from numerous people and probably doesn't need my rambling recollection, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    McDonald's New Fruit Smoothies Surprisingly Good

    Stock photo courtesy of McDonald's because - unlike other menu items - the smoothies really do look just like this.​At a chili cookoff a few months ago, I struck up a conversation with one of Houston's many McDonald's franchise owners. The gentleman had owned and operated the McDonald's near t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Coldstone Creamery's Sinless Shakes

    ​It's getting to be that time of the year in Houston when all I care to consume is chilled liquids. This craving, combined with my general predilection for sweets, makes milkshakes enormously appealing. Thus far I have told myself that full-fat milkshakes are an essential part of a weekly diet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Jim Kyle, Young & Recessioned: A Lot Of Compromising Going On

    ​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Jim Kyle, owner of Houston's Express Employment Professionals, who says today's job market is all about compromise. It's been planted in people's minds that we're in the middle of a bad time, so they believe that. But jobs are out there. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Food Fight: Battle Iced Coffee

    This is still my all-time favorite, when I can find it.​It's only the very beginning of May, yet it's already becoming oppressively hot by 10 a.m. each day. And although no good morning can start without a cup of coffee, the hot black stuff just doesn't appeal on days when my legs are sticking ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Super Size Me

    Want a Shake with That?

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Y'all Musta Forgot: Odd Squad's Fadanuff Fa Erybody

    Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or un, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Odd Squad, Fadanuff Fa Erybody (1994, Rap-A-Lot/Priority) ​The Odd Squad is what The Coughee Bros., n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Aftermath: Hour After Hour at the Sprite Step Off With Lupe Fiasco, Brooke Valentine, Letoya Luckett, Trae and Sheila Jackson Lee

    Photos by Marco Torres/ See our slideshow here​ 8:20 p.m.: Somehow, without checking in as media or anything, we've found our way backstage. That was a bit too easy; like, "Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable About The Security Level At This Event" uneasy. 8:24: Yipes. Congresswoman Sheila Jackso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Top 5 Holiday Hangover Cures

    The holidays are great -- parties, presents, and vacation. Well, that is until you wake up Saturday morning with a vicious headache. Maybe vampires have the right idea by only coming out at night. But, for now, we still have to get up in the morning and join the living. Here are our top five cures f ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    City of Coffee: Houston Coffee Culture

    The holidays are great -- parties, presents, and vacation. Well, that is until you wake up Saturday morning with a vicious headache. Maybe vampires have the right idea by only coming out at night. But, for now, we still have to get up in the morning and join the living. Here are our top five cures f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Ten Classic Restaurant Commercials from the 1980s

    If you're a child of the '80s, much of your misspent youth was misspent in front of the television taking in shows like Mr. Wizard and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But just as those classic TV shows from your childhood have remained with you all these years, so have the equally classic commercials. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Healthy Big Macs, Only In Houston

    Photo by Chris MacGregor Why the hell is your Big Mac so small? Because you live in Houston. Houston is apparently the only US test market for McDonald's new "Snack Wrap Mac," which looks to be a  smaller Big Mac in a tortilla. We're sure grosser things have been contemplated before, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Area Man Asks: What's It Gonna Take For McDonald's To Fix All Those Ike-Damaged Signs

    Photo by Chris MacGregorChris MacGregor has a bone to pick with McDonald's and the Facebook group to prove it. "Six months ago Houston was hit hard by Hurricane Ike," he writes on the page he calls McDonald's Broken Arches Are a Blight on Houston.    "Six months later you can drive through ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    Through Being Cool

    Photo by Chris MacGregorChris MacGregor has a bone to pick with McDonald's and the Facebook group to prove it. "Six months ago Houston was hit hard by Hurricane Ike," he writes on the page he calls McDonald's Broken Arches Are a Blight on Houston.    "Six months later you can drive through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Once, Twice, Three Times a Lunatic

    They don´t serve nuggets in jail. Trust me on this one.By now, you've probably heard the news about the gem of a lady in Florida (there's a reason Florida has its own tag on FARK, you know...) who called 911 not once, not twice, but three times to report that her local McDonald's had run out ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Ike, hooters, Snack Wrap and Budge and Bistro

    They don´t serve nuggets in jail. Trust me on this one.By now, you've probably heard the news about the gem of a lady in Florida (there's a reason Florida has its own tag on FARK, you know...) who called 911 not once, not twice, but three times to report that her local McDonald's had run out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    I Have Seen the Devil, and His Name Is Big Mac Snack Wrap

    You know, F. Scott Fitzgerald was right about American lives having no second acts. I found that to be sadly true yesterday as I sat down at the McDonald's near the bus station off Main and jumped teeth first into an American tragedy. Somewhere in a cold and sterile boardroom at McDonald's headqu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Boycott McDonalds -- Unless You're Gay

    You know, F. Scott Fitzgerald was right about American lives having no second acts. I found that to be sadly true yesterday as I sat down at the McDonald's near the bus station off Main and jumped teeth first into an American tragedy. Somewhere in a cold and sterile boardroom at McDonald's headqu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: Beating Dead Horse

    You know, F. Scott Fitzgerald was right about American lives having no second acts. I found that to be sadly true yesterday as I sat down at the McDonald's near the bus station off Main and jumped teeth first into an American tragedy. Somewhere in a cold and sterile boardroom at McDonald's headqu ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Big Mac Boogie

    Would You Like Fries with Those Lyrics?

  • Culture

    November 30, 2006

    Wabs and Gabachos on Leprecanos

    Would You Like Fries with Those Lyrics?

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2006

    We Deserve a Break Today

    Would You Like Fries with Those Lyrics?

  • Film

    May 13, 2004

    McRibbing

    A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Chingo Bling

    The Tamale Kingpin (Big Chile Enterprises)

  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Mushroomhead, and Dope

    Thursday, February 5

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Double Standards?

    Plus: Defining Moment, Egg on the Face, Get Off Death Row!

  • Dining

    January 23, 2003

    Goat Doughnuts Go Global

    The Hot Breads franchise serves unique pastries to a worldwide audience

  • Dining

    January 16, 2003

    Globalization's McBacklash

    Guatemala’s Pollo Campero has American fast-food franchises running scared

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Mac Attack

    A cancer patient sues McDonald's, contending a peppered burrito caused his nosebleed

  • Dining

    November 22, 2001

    Pig in the City

    A foodie saint is tainted by fast food's evil empire

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Dominic Quijano

    Owner/operator of McDonald's, 6815 Harrisburg Boulevard, 713-928-5335

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place to See Houston's Cannibal Ducks

    Hermann Park

  • Dining

    August 10, 2000

    Oh, the Noise, Noise, Noise

    Eating out can be hazardous to your hearing

  • Music

    November 7, 1996

    Guitar Goddess

    Classical guitar is deadly serious, right? Not to Susan McDonald.

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