McDonald's — Restaurant in Carleton Place

Rumour has it the world famous McDonald’s slogan was founded at this very location.

Picture this. It’s mid afternoon on a beautiful autumn day. October 14th 1963 to be exact.

A young father had gotten off work early that day and wanted to spend this absolute stunner of a day with his 2 bundles joy, Eric (aged 8) and Julie (aged 6).

Jim’s plans where to take the kids out to the local community park and enjoy the changing leaves, while the kids can run and play. The short drive to the park was rather uneventful.

Well, was uneventful I should say. When the grey minivan went driving past those majestic Golden Arches of the hallowed Carlton Place McD’s the van erupted into chaos as both kids started screaming. “DAD! DAD! DAD! DAD! PLLLEASE LET US STOP” both the kids echoed in unison. Jim was in a great mood he said “Sure why the heck not, let’s treat yo’self” and wheeled the the van into his boi Ronald McDons places like he was Jeff Gordon.

After pulling into a parking space (which might I add was a pull through (like can this day get any better?)) all doors of the dodge caravan flew open as all three occupants ran towards the amazing aroma of the sizzling 100% all Canadian beef patties that cooked away inside. Once inside the trio immediately ordered, crew members quickly jotted down the order and served the food in almost no time at all (even though for Jim and the kids it felt like an eternity with all the excitement mounting around the event)

Jim had sat down, blessed the meal and DUG IN, and I mean he went absolutely HAM on the 4 Big Macs and 12 jr chickens he had ordered, and even snuck a handful of julies fries while she wasn’t looking. After swallowing down his last swallow Jim let out a loud exclamation yelling “IM LOVING IT!”

One of the friendly managers, Erin McGrath, standing nearby overheard this (as everyone within a 15 mile radius of Carleton Place would have). A light bulb went off in Erins head as she thought “wow this would make a great marketing campaign” just then a rainbow formed, with the end right over the restaurant. At the same a helicopter came hovering down and landed in the spacious parking lot.

Morgan freeman stepped out and said in his classic Morgan Freeman voice “Carlton Place McDonald’s is simply the best” the helicopter then flew through the drive thru, picked up a quarter pounder with cheese, medium fry and flew off into the horizon just as mysteriously as it appeared.

Witness, and at the time aspiring McDonald’s crew member, Shamus Merkly recalled the event saying “the whole thing was simply magical”.

Everyone lived happily ever after, except for Jim, dying of heart disease less than a year later. But not to worry as his dying words were “I don’t regret one Big Mac, it was worth it”

To date October 14th is a world wild holiday recognized by over 158 nations and practiced by people of nearly every background. Carlton Place McDonald’s day brings millions of tourists every year to the GCPA (Greater Carlton Place Area) famous guest and royal dignitaries like Kayne West and Queen Elizabeth even have houses nearby for this yearly celebration.

Now absolutely nothing you just read is true. But the Carleton Place McDonald’s is so great I would not be even remotely...

BEWARE. I purchased a Big Mac from the drive thru at this location on 17 Sep 2023. It contained a substantial unrecognizable object, which I discovered after consuming most of the burger and almost choking on it. I was no longer at the location so I reported the incident to MacDonalds on-line later that day and also reached out to Health Canada. Almost ONE WEEK LATER, following persistent attempts to contact them and after the local Health Unit contacted the location , the local manager finally called me.

The length of time that MacDonald's and this restaurant took to follow up on the report of a foreign object in their food is unacceptable. They did nothing to immediately confirm the nature of the contamination or the source, nor did they take any steps to ensure that more contaminated food wasn't being served. I have reached out to Macdonald Corporation and never once received a call back. I was told by their local manager that I should contact their lawyer but he hasn't been able to provide me with any of the contact information, so I have bascially been ghosted by them.

While food contamination is regretful (and sometimes even harmful) it does happen. What I don't accept though is a large corporation who thinks they do not need to take immediate action when receiving a report of food contamination, or that they are not responsible for confirming as soon as possible the scope of the contamination and ensuring that the food they continue to serve is safe. Equally alarming is a corporation who thinks it can shirk this responsibility by simply ignoring a customer who experienced such an unpleasant thing as finding a large hunk of something unrecognizable in their mouth while consuming one of...

Usually the best McDonald’s I go to, the few times I’ve had an issue it was immediately resolved, but I don’t know why today I asked the same guy twice for full fries and each time it was only marginally more full, it was also the first time an employee has taken back the thing that needed replacing and just topped it up which just seemed unhygienic, he didn’t know if I washed my hands or not before touching the bag he grabbed from me, after all that the fries still look low to me. I don’t know if it’s just me but if I’m spending $30 on a meal for two I’d like to not see the whole top of the container, or maybe just don’t go and barely top them up the first or second time? He saw that I was upset and I just frowned when he asked me if that was good before he immediately walked away, I never like confronting people just doing they jobs but I like to ask for help when I can, and everyone else here that I’ve asked for help from has been accommodating, but maybe not everyone has gotten the memo? I wouldn’t have even bother writing this but I don’t know how else to approach that kind of awkward situation over something that should have been trivial on McDonald’s side, but is pretty big for me, when this is a treat for once in awhile.

I want to change this review asap, since there isn’t an option to rate the average vs a singular interaction, I just hope this is an...