Who else remembers the old McDonald's restaurants with a basement party room or storage area. Do you have any associated memories?
I thought only employees were allowed in the basement/storage area.
What? Haha was it a storage area or dedicated party room? I don't see it being both..
This feels like a thread with a question that little to no people have the answer to.:?
Daniel_12
7 Posts
12 years, 7 months ago
I don't ever remember going down to a basement but there was a door inside the restaurant you passed through that went inside the next room that had a big playground...it was somewhere outside Toronto I cant recall where, but does anyone remember the playground they had outside? I specifically remember the one near Keele & Finch in Toronto but they took it down in 2000. I was kinda sad when that happened. Infact, I haven't seen any Mcdonalds with a playground outside where they had the slides, and the little hamburgers you jump on and ride like ponies.
thecrow174
This feels like a thread with a question that little to no people have the answer to.:?
It feels to me like a pedophile fantasy, hey kids let's go to the "party room" it's dark and full of boxes and shelves and no one will be able to hear us
We don't have basements here in the south. I seem to remember a few stores built in the 70s having a separate party room, but I think the idea was abandoned early on. I think they still have them in some other countries though.
bklynbren
1015 Posts
12 years, 7 months ago
Sounds pretty creepy to me. I have never been nor would I let my children go down to the McD's basement.
bklynbren
Sounds pretty creepy to me. I have never been nor would I let my children go down to the McD's basement.
John Wayne Gacy meets Ronald McDonald vibe?
(Hordak Alpha))
Last time I checked, basements were used FOR storage, but apparently they have another use.
Storage of small childrens' bodies is still storage...
I don't think there are any basements at my local MCDonalds. I live in Southern California, and basements are pretty uncommon here.
No,we didn't have basements in
the McDonald's here in Virginia
or anywhere else in the South
the McDonald's here in Virginia
or anywhere else in the South
carlosavee
27 Posts
12 years, 6 months ago
I'm from Canada, and we definitely had McDonald's with party rooms in the basement! I had my 7th birthday there. They had a bunch of games set up, etc. etc. You're not crazy though because I definitely remember this lol.
Hi, i'm your tour guide, Miss Tina. There's no basement in the McDonalds, *maniacle laugh*
The McDonalds on Chestnut St in Needham MA has a basement (unless it's been redone). I was a manager there 20 years ago. We used to sneak down there to the stock room to smoke. The freezer was down there too and it was a royal pain in the ass.
We always drive to new york Rochester to see my grampa and we stop at this macdonald had a Basement like in it in london,Cananda.. it was only for storage area where u can use the bathroom downStairs that it.
I never remember partying in the basement of a McDonald's...
Anytime I went to a birthday party there it was always in the "play area" or whatever they called it.
Anytime I went to a birthday party there it was always in the "play area" or whatever they called it.
LadyKatie
1 Posts
7 years, 9 months ago
There sure was a basement at the McDonald's I worked at in 1982-83 in Oregon, OH! It was used for storage and for our breakroom! In addition to my cashier job, I was also a "hostess" for awhile doing children's birthday parties which were held in the dining room, not the basement! Good times. Great memories!
I went to comment on this and see that I already did years ago LOL! but the comment was a joke. So here's a real response. I'm in Maine and from what I had seen at least growing up in the 80's, they pretty much just had the parties in the main seating area and would have to reserve the booths for it. This was before they had the indoor playgrounds though so i'm not sure if once they got those, they put the party people in there or what. The McDonald's weren't extremely big here and still really aren't.