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You'll find McDonald's locations in Paris by either going to their website (time-consuming) or looking up McDonald's on les Pages Jaunes. Note: search under "Mc Donald's" or "Mac Donald's".
Besides having something quick & familiar to eat, it's also cool to see the juxtaposition of American culture inside Paris & to note how the French do it differently (i.e. frites sauce instead of ketchup, healthier dessert options). Definitely a cultural experience.
It's perfectly okay to fall back on the familiar as long as you are willing to try the unfamiliar, so try out some different French foods! Some Americans like going to McDonald's for the breakfast coffee, some cannot function without their typical American cup, and that's fine. I've never tried the coffee there so I cannot make comparisons and I must admit to a love for good, hot, strong French coffee. One of the benefits, though, to getting coffee from here is getting it to go, something rare in a French cafe. Of course, the other alternative is to get a cuppa to go from Starbuck's (but that's another debate for another time, my darlings)!
Two of the best benefits is:
a) the use of easy-to-find bathrooms! My motto is to always use the bathroom in Paris whenever you get the opportunity. When I last visited (Nov '07) these were free, at least in Belleville.
b) free wi-fi
If you're an American you'll note the food is more expensive overseas but that's what you'd expect from a transplant of culture (yes, I'm not sure that that phrase connotes a "good" or "fair" exhange). And the fries are definitely better, much crispier, probably due to their use of animal fats (please note this, vegetarians).
Oh, and while we Americans refer to it as McD's or Mickey D's the French refer to it as McDo's! I love how the French put their spin on pop culture they've adopted/adapted.
Frites with frites sauce (aioli - a garlic mayo - had to bring LOTS back for friends)
Orangina - an orange soda with real orange & tangerine pulp - best shaken up! (definitely different yet better than the orange soda here in the states although you can buy Orangina in the US at places like Trader Joe's)
Trip before last I had a hankering for a chicken sandwich & it was faboo! This past November I had one of the "Best of" meals, a Filet-o-Fish with frites and 33 cl of Evian for 5.60€ ($8.18, at least twice what I'd pay in the States). I also stopped by the McDo's at CDG for breakfast: bacon McMuffin, yogurt, coffee and juice for 5€ ($7.30 about twice what I'd pay for that at home).
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You wouldn't catch me in a Mac's in the U.S., but I have to admit to going to the one in my neighborhood in the 14th Arrondisement every now and then. Truthfully, I usually go to use les toilettes because I can do so without a hassle although you do need a code. Just ask the cashier and she will give it to you.
Since being here last year, they have installed two huge screen TVs so that you can watch soccer. When there is a match it's standing room only. There is also a TV in the back for the kiddies where they play current movies such as Ratatouille.
It should be noted that Chez MacDo is always packed with French people not Americans. And when the daughter of my French landlady went to NY with her husband, it was MacDo's that she looked for for lunch. Of course nobody on the street could tell her where MacDo's was until she finally realized that they don't call it that in the U.S.
With the availability of free WiFi connection there, you can sit undisturbed for hours with your laptop. So there are a lot of students. It's also a place where people go and sit and pay there bills, read, meet their group of seniors. And just as in my neighborhood in NYC, there are lots of lonely old people there just trying not to feel so alone and possibly because they don't have the money to eat anyplace else.
A word to the wise. The bathroom is never clean and although there are three stalls it is unisex. But when you are desperate, you can sometimes overlook that. Fortunately there are no urinals.
So say what you like about the food, the place does have its useful purpose.
Sprite Leave a Comment Theme: AmericanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Many, many places
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When I started traveling, I swore that I would never set foot into an American Restaurant or fast food chain. To me, it was the quintiscentual jingo-istic thing to do while traveling. But after two hours trudging through Paris in 95 degree heat (and by then it definitely seemed like trudging), all I wanted was the biggest Coke with ice in it that I could find - and at a fair price. And where was the ONLY place to find that one item of divine remedy? Mickey D's.
Everywhere else I searched for portable and affordable refreshment, I was met with extremely small and room temperature offerings at exhorbitant prices.
My advice before planning a trip to Paris. Take with you a portable water bottle to carry with you as you see the sights and locate the addresses of all the McDonald's (and Starbucks, for that matter) in the city to have ready, just in case. You can find those locations on their respective websites or by going to the French Yellow Pages at www.pagesjaunes.com.
And oh, yes. They offer free and clean bathrooms with easy access in most cases.
32 oz. Coke brimming with ice Theme: Fast FoodPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Many, many placesDirections: I know there's one in the Latin Quarter and one near the Champs Elysee and the Eiffel Tower.
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What can I say it is McDonald's. It was just what you expect except the names of things are different. I loved ording a Royale with Cheese better known to us as a Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
Always a great place to use the washroom. Leave a Comment Theme: Fast FoodPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Many, many placesDirections: Across from the Austerlitz train station
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Only in France can you have a royal with cheese and a beer. yummie Leave a Comment
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As fas as that was the only restaurant opened in the last week of the year we had to find in it all typical french stuff. But we didn''t. So, folk, if you go there - book some hotel where they have restaurant that doesn''t send their cook on vacations. In fact all "food" places are open, just they don;t serve food. Drinks, peanuts. that''s all.
So, take care of yourself.
Well, you still can find baked chestnuts on the streets and hot-dogs. That' was very-very-very tasty! (...or were we so hungry? ;-+)
Some french sort-of-donut. As far as I badly wanted to try french quisine. :) What I''ve got a chance to try - I liked! ;) Leave a Comment
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When in Paris, you should buy the Mc Flurry d'aim; the most delicious ice-cream ever.
This taste is only sold in a few countrys in the world, under which France/Paris. Leave a Comment Theme: Ice CreamPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Many, many places
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One of my wife's passion when she goes abroad, she likes comparing and trying the menu of McD there. But in Paris, nothing unique was served. Leave a Comment Theme: Fast Food
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I never recommended a McDonalds here - and I promise I will never do it again - but have a look at the Red Light District McDonalds of Paris. It's dark inside with red lights - a very funny idea I think!!!
Strawberry Milkshakes and a 'Royal' ;-) Leave a Comment Theme: Fast FoodPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Opposite Pigalle Metro Station
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