I think Fat City has long since established that it loves anything free -- even a shameless promotion by the world's largest restaurant chain.If you're reading this fairly early and are anywhere near Olathe, you might want to stop by 119th and Ridgeview around 11 a.m. If you're one of the first 100 customers at the new McDonald's, they'll give you a voucher for free extra-value meals for one year. Also, the McDonald's at 95th and Mission that was destroyed by a fire in November reopened early la
On trips to two McDonald's this week (to purchase iced coffee), Fat City learned that the Angus burger the company started testing in different markets three months ago has come to Kansas City.The one-third pound burgers are scheduled to be on most McDonald's menus by today. They still for around $4 a piece. There are three varieties -- a deluxe burger with a "thicker" tomato slice and pickles, a mushroom burger and a bacon-and-cheese burger.It's the first new burger McDonald'
​Forget fancy coffee. This here is a roll-down-window and clear-out-the-trash-from-the-cup-holder kind of throwdown, pitting the cappuccino at McDonalds (part of the new McCafe line) against a similar offering from QuikTrip. QuikTrip's Web site offers up an idea of what's in store: For decades, cappuccino was sipped by high-brow types in outdoor cafes in Italian resorts along the Mediterranean. Not any more, QuikTrip discovered the secret of cappucino and made it available to the real people o
