McDonald's Chicago Flagship
| McDonald's Chicago Flagship | |
|---|---|
The restaurant following the 2018 rebuild | |
| General information | |
| Type | Restaurant |
| Address | 600 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60610, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′34″N 87°37′54″W / 41.8929°N 87.6316°W |
| Completed | 2018 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Ross Barney Architects |
The McDonald's Chicago Flagship is a flagship McDonald's restaurant located in Chicago.
The McDonald's restaurant on the site first opened in 1983. It had a rock and roll theme, and was first called the Original Rock 'N Roll McDonald's, and later the Rock N Roll McDonald's. It was one of the most famous McDonald's locations in the world and was once the busiest in the United States. The building had long been a local tourist attraction. The original building was demolished in 2004, a new structure opened in 2005 with a maximum occupancy of 300, which is about three times the standard McDonald's patron seating capacity. The original 1983 building and the first design of the rebuilt 2005 structure site held a rock and roll exhibit in a building adjacent to the restaurant and a small upstairs McDonald's museum display. The building featured the first two-lane McDonald's drive-through, relatively luxurious decor, a café, flat panel televisions and a green roof.
In 2017, the restaurant was rebuilt and the Rock and Roll theme was relinquished. The building was designed to be eco-friendly by Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, with interiors by Landini Associates. The redesign won the design excellence Award of Merit from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2019.