By OWEN MORRIS
This is not a good week for Kansas City's Ronald McDonald impersonators. (My dream job when I was 10.) Two days ago, a fire engulfed the McDonald's at 95th and Mission Road in Leawood,sometime around 8:30 a.m. I drove past the scene 11 hours later and there were still two firetrucks and the fire marshal's SUV there. Firemen were carrying fans in and out.
There's been no report on what caused the fire, but I noticed some work being done inside along with a sign saying "Excuse our mess: remodel in progress." The remodel mainly concerned the dining room, though, and a neighbor who had driven by the scene as the firefighters were putting out the fire said it looked as if they were focused around the kitchen area, which faces Mission Road.
It feels weird to admit it, but that felt like my McDonald's in a sense. I had some good times there in high school. My favorite second-grade teacher, Ms. Soukup, took me there for a special lunch in elementary school, and until this past weekend my grandparents still ate there every Sunday morning after church.
I also have one vivid memory about the other area McDonald's that closed this week. Hot Blog on a Stick noticed that the McDonald's in Downtown's City Square food court has "closed its doors for good." During lunch one day I walked the four blocks from my then-office to the City Square food court, only to discover that Bumblefish was out of my favorite sushi roll. I decided to give the McDonald's a try, ordered a chicken sandwich to go and took the bag to my office. Back at my cubicle, I opened the bag. Between my two buns slathered in mayo (I'd ordered it without) was some lettuce and a tomato. No chicken.
Apparently, I'm not the only McDonald's customer who's had this problem. I didn't call to complain or return it. I took it as a sign not to eat at McDonald's and let it be.
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Nice post. Dark days for the 'deez, indeed. I too hit up that location many a night in high school. In fact I proposed to the reunion committee that we have our 10-year reunion there, complete with loitering and/or getting sick in the parking lot. They shot it down.
Equally interesting to me about the fire at 95th and Mission were the comments left at the KC Star site about the story. Here's a few I compiled and saved, for no good reason:
-- It was the Hamburglar
-- It's not McDonald's burning.. they're just overcooking their burgers as usual.
-- i guess someone wanted those hash
browns extra crispy
-- Oh no! I might have to drive all the way to 103rd and State Line! Or 78th and State Line! Or 83rd and Wornall! Or 77th and Metcalf! Oh the humanity!
-- AP:Breaking News:
It was a retaliation effort by the owners of Hereford House. The WAR between fast food and Real food has begun.
-- It's a mcfire
-- you all eat those microwave burgers they are nasty every thing in mcdonals is now microwaved except for the golden frenchy fries
LOL
I have a thousand questions about your "special" lunch with your 2nd grade teacher. Do you need a doll to point to where she touched you?
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