McDonald’s In The Sky
Mar 04, 2019
3 minutes
Words — Rebecca Gross
Photography —
Trevor Mein
“The kitchen floats above the service counter, and the yellow glass box with the golden arches also serves as signage. Like a glowing beacon, it resolves visibility issues in a space that is busy, loud and visually noisy.”
When the McDonald brothers opened their new drive-in in San Bernardino in 1948, it was a revolution in food service that ushered in a new era of fast-food automation. The McDonalds rationalized the commercial kitchen, streamlined processes and invented implements and equipment, replacing traditional food preparation techniques
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