In 1940, brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald established a barbecue restaurant in San Bernardino, California they called simply "McDonald's." Originally offering things like barbecued pork ...

and we wanted to test this recipe against the modern McDonald's fries you're used to. McDonalds's fries original 1955 recipe: 2 large Idaho russet potatoes 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons corn syrup ...

McDonald's customers in the 1980s could try chicken nuggets for the very first time, or even catch President Ronald Reagan ...

Someone even suggests that modern McDonald's were made "in preparation for communism." "It reminds me of Soviet brutalist architecture. Bull, plain, devoid of beauty and hope," another person wrote.

McDonald's fans nostalgic for the past have expressed dismay at the brand's contemporary aesthetic – after a recent side-by-side comparison of a current restaurant against its former self ...