When the McDonald brothers first saw the design for their new restaurant, they were concerned that the roof was too flat. Meston recommended adding the now-iconic golden arches to the building's ...

A McDonald's in Somerville, Massachusetts has honored two of its most loyal customers. For 35 years, siblings Barbara Survilas and Joseph Roberts have met at the fast food restaurant on McGrath ...

One of the most impressive sequences in the film is the extended flashback that chronicles how the McDonald brothers came up with the idea that led to fast food as we know it. And more importantly ...

A huge part of the success of McDonald's as a business comes from the hard work of its many franchisees. But how much do they actually earn in return?

Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

A McDonald's museum was later opened to show visitors what the restaurant was like in the '50s. The McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, launched their burger restaurant in the 1940s ...

Though the restaurant’s concept began with brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald in southern California, many of the company’s innovations have happened right here in Chicago. Here’s a look ...