Who’s hungry! The Forbes Street McDonalds is back in action, and we at the Pitiful News are excited to share our experiences from a recent visit to the golden arches.
When I walked in, the first thing that really blew me away was how much the decor and layout changed from the renovations. While the old McDonalds had a single-level dining room, it appeared the newly renovated restaurant opted for a split-level experience, allowing ordering and dining to occur downstairs with additional seating upstairs. The tables, once run-down and plasticy, looked more wooden and solid, which offered a much more luxurious feel to the establishment. Honestly, I was impressed with these changes. It was way different than your run-of-the-mill McDonalds.
My visit, however, started to go downhill after the first impressions. At the counter, I went to order a McD’s classic (a burger and a side of fries), but the cashier kept shooting me odd looks the whole time. Before she punched in the order, she kept asking me: “are you sure you want a side of fries in addition to the sandwich?” I was taken slightly aback with the comments; a burger and fries is a pretty typical McDonalds meal, and so pushback from the staff here was really unexpected.
I decided to shake off the encounter and started to look forward to my meal. As I sat down and waited for the food to be ready, an employee came up to me and asked if I wanted anything to drink. To my surprise, this McDonalds apparently served alcohol–even draft beer! I had heard of McDonalds serving drinks in some of the European and Asian franchises, but never here in Pittsburgh. Maybe this was a pilot location. I did order a glass, and it was pretty good.
Now, for the weirdest part: when I finally got my food, it resembled nothing like a fast food burger. The patties were served on bread–not buns–and the sandwich had tomato and coleslaw in it too. Bafflingly, they even took half my side of fries and put it inside the sandwich! What a mess! Needless to say, I was livid with the quality of the food. I assertively told the cashier that this was the worst Big Mac I had ever received from a McDonalds ever in my life. As I was storming out of the store, I think the cashier was shouting after me, trying to convince me to stay by offering coupons, but I couldn’t really hear them. Something about “sir this is free ‘manti’ burritos” or “this is free jam tea codes”. Whatever those are.
Despite the drastic change in decor, the newly renovated McDonalds on Forbes clearly lacks consistency and quality. As a proud Pittsburgh native, I will not be going back!
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