But only true McDonald's fans know about restaurants with single arches. The single arches came during a time when the fast-food chain tried to introduce Speedee, a hamburger cartoon, in the signage. The character was a man with a chef hat and a hamburger-shaped head.
As NBC reports, the website for McDonald's USA states that Richard McDonald felt the roof line of the building was too flat and wanted to offset this with gold arches. During this period, the arches were part of the building's structural design, with a single arch curving over and around each side of the building.
As of 2019, seven McDonald's signs only have one arch, including locations in Magnolia, New Jersey; Winter Haven, Florida; Montrose, Colorado; and McDonald's sign in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The McDonald's restaurant at 610 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, California, has black arches.
If You See a BLACK McDonald's Arch, This Is What It Means
Here are fancy McDonald's locations that have adapted the logo's traditional colors and style.
According to McDonald's USA, Richard McDonald decided to add gold arches to the building based on the “feeling that the roof line was a bit too flat.” At the time, actual arches curved over the building as part of the building.
The Golden Arches Code, a global set of marketing, advertising, legal and trademark policies, says that all McDonald's employees, franchisees, agencies and suppliers are responsible to ensure the code's full compliance.
Except at one location. The McDonald's located on Highway 89A in Sedona, Arizona, can be found sporting teal arches. Sedona, roughly 115-mile drive north of Phoenix, is surrounded by the red rock formations common to the southwestern portion of the country.
The McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona is the only McDonald's in the world with turquoise arches. In fact, this location is one of only 4 locations in the world with arches that aren't golden!
It all comes down to water activity. See, a McDonald's hamburger is small and thin, giving it a very high ratio of surface area to volume. It is cooked well-done on a very hot griddle. These factors contribute to rapid moisture loss, resulting in a burger that dries out long before it can start to rot.
Only One McDonald's Has a Turquoise Color Sign in The World
Visitors passing through Oak Creek Canyon on Arizona's first designated scenic highway, Route 89A, are treated to the sight of the only Turquoise Arches found on a McDonald's restaurant anywhere in the world. The West Sedona McDonald's was built in 1993.
The oldest McDonald's restaurant is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey, California, United States. It was the third McDonald's restaurant and opened on August 18, 1953.
Attracting the Customers. The logo for McDonald's is the golden arches of the letter M on a red background. The M stands for McDonald's, but the rounded m represents mummy's mammaries, acccording the design consultant and psychologist Louis Cheskin.
When the McDonald's was built there in 1993, city officials believed that a bright yellow M would do just that. They claimed that gold would clash with the surrounding red rocks, and opted for a more pleasing, soft blue. You read that right—the arches are blue because gold didn't match the city's (natural) decor.
The Hamburglar (performed by Frank Delfino from 1971–1992, Jerry Maren in some commercials, Tommy Vicini from 1992–2003, voiced by Larry Storch from 1971–1986, Charlie Adler in the 1986 commercial Hamburglar Touch and in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, Howard Morris from 1986–2003, and Carl W. Wolfe in some ...
A statement released by McDonald's at the time explained that due to the "current climate around clown sightings in communities," it would be doing its best to be "thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald's participation in community events". As a result, the red-haired, face-painted figure has hardly resurfaced since.
If you've ever wondered why McDonald's hamburger patties are designed to be so thin, the answer is that these patties simply last longer. Food with high moisture content is far more susceptible to rot, as bacteria needs water to thrive.
His results serve as sort of the antithesis to the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, which documented how film-maker Morgan Spurlock, then 32, ate McDonald's exclusively for 30 days and gained 24.5lbs (11.1kg) in weight.
A burger and fries don't rot for two reasons: They are cooked to a temperature sufficient to kill just about any harmful microorganisms hiding within. The burger and fries are thin enough that, left out in the open, they dry out too quickly for rot to set in.
In order to preserve the natural beauty of the red rocks in the area and keep the overall aesthetic of the town (because that's something people thought about in the '90s), local officials required that McDonald's change their famous yellow logo to teal.
The world's smallest McDonald's recently opened for business — but not just anyone will be allowed in. The tiny structure, which is located in Sweden, was designed by Nordic creative agency NORD DDB, which shared a video showing the making of the international fast-food chain's latest branch.
While McDonald's is a global icon, the fast-food giant does not have a presence in many countries worldwide. There are 123 countries where McDonald's has not set up a restaurant yet, including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea, among many others.
The McHive is the world's smallest McDonald's, and it's not even fit for humans. The McHive is a miniature McDonald's replica but instead of a cash register, fryer and seating inside, it's just rows and rows of honeycombs meant for bees. The project grew out of an unusual feature of Swedish McDonald's.