McDonald’s is one of the world’s most well-known fast-food chains. Every place you visit in your life will undoubtedly have at least one McDonald’s restaurant to appeal to the locals’ appetites. McDonald’s restaurant is so well-known all over the world. Despite the fact that the food chain’s menu is largely the same all over the world, a number of its locations offer a unique dining experience to hungry customers. Among all the amazing McDonald’s locations, one, however, seems to be the creepiest!
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When the McDonald’s in “The Barge” first debuted in 1986 for the 1986 World Expo in Canada, it was an eclectic and exciting marvel. The Friendship 500 franchise was a floating restaurant with the official name Friendship 500, which sounds plain pleasant and wholesome. And things weren’t so horrible in the beginning. The upmarket site was equipped with features that set it apart from the competitors.
Real houseplants, oak flooring, and exquisite art-covered walls were among the pleasures. Rather than making the kitchen a prominent feature, the designers chose to conceal it. How did the food get to the customers? Orders were delivered on a conveyor belt, which some could regard as a postmodern, job-stealing nightmare in today’s world.
The staff wore nautical-themed clothes and even employed a “tugboat” to gather garbage tossed into the water by negligent patrons. Regardless of how well this notion would (or would not) go over today, it was a huge hit at the World Expo.
Millions of tourists from all over the world visited this cutting-edge, floating McDonald’s, securing its status as a must-see tourist attraction. But then something strange happened: Friendship 500 closed at the end of the Expo and rotted away over several years in ruin and neglect.
After being purchased by a real estate developer in 1991, the ocean-worthy structure appeared to have a shot for a second life as a facility to teach visitors about the ocean and undersea technology. The new owner moved the Friendship 500 to Burrard Inlet, near a refinery, where it sat after the purchase was completed.
The ‘McBarge’ Today
So, what happened to the world’s creepiest McDonald’s? A crowdsourcing site aimed to generate funds to resurrect the abandoned edifice in 2017. They planned to use the momentum and nostalgia of a bygone period to help fundraise for the abandoned former McDonald’s. Unfortunately, like the structure itself, the project appears to have been abandoned, leaving the world with a genuinely eerie location.
On the basis of all of this, the future of this erstwhile fast-food ferry does not appear to be promising. But all hope is not lost: the owner of the “McBarge” disclosed in February 2021 that the latest plan is to turn it into a seafood restaurant, but no formal announcement has been made.
Sources: Leth Bridge News , TikTok Muhd Hafizuddin