McDonald’s announced on Monday that it will demolish a replica of the first-ever McDonald’s restaurant in suburban Chicago. The replica stood on the site of Ray Kroc’s first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Ill., which opened in 1955. Considered somewhat of a “museum” to McDonald’s, the site was a popular tourist destination after opening in 1985. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWSRay Kroc had originally built the Des Plaines restaurant after franchising the brand from Richard and Maurice McDonald. The Chicago Tribune reports that it was actually the ninth McDonald’s restaurant in the country, but considered by the company to be the birthplace of the modern McDonald’s.

Source: Fox News November 22, 2017 18:47 UTC