McDonald’s opened in California 85 years ago — as BBQ spot

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Thursday was the 85th anniversary of a sizzling moment in San Bernardino history: the May 15, 1940 opening of McDonald’s.
Not McDonald’s as we know it. But still McDonald’s.
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald had launched a drive-in restaurant, The Airdrome, in Monrovia in 1937 out of…

This story appeared on siliconvalley.com, 2025-05-19 12:29:15.
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