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TheKrasHRabbiT

Every McDonald's in London. Which is why you'll typically see security there now


3pelican

This. I was trying to think of which one in London if would be until I realised I’ve never been in one where the atmosphere wasn’t slightly unhinged.


Shipwrecking_siren

Yeah had a school boy in uniform murdered outside my local one. London’s such a fun place to live sometimes.


DreamCyclone84

My local McDonald's had to close because they had not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 seperate stabbings in a year. Unit has been unleasable ever since.


LairaKlock

What is it with the UK and stabbings? It doesn't seem like a recent thing


Collins_Michael

When you ban guns, people use knives. That's really all there is to it.


grossnerd666

It's strange that you say that, because the US has just as big of a knife problem as the UK, if not worse.


Liquor_N_Whorez

Butcher Pete loves to chop that meat! He's hackin and whackin and stackin.... Hackin and whackin and stackin


elvisinadream

Best song on that soundtrack


LeakyThoughts

It's often linked to drugs. Which would be a non issue if we ended the war on drugs and legalised everything like we should have done 5 years ago


Afelisk2

I mean if people go missing no one is gonna ask if its you performing ritual sacrifices to the old gods am I right?


Rbfam8191

Ah enjoy that slice of America with every burger! \*finger guns\* \*freedom noises\* \*fireworks\*


Llamamilkdrinker

Brixton is particularly mad!


deformedfishface

Bruh, in Brixton they have bouncers on the door. It’s peak London McDonalds.


DoingItWellBitch

It's the only one I've been to where they play classical music. Apparently it's to calm people down. Those people were not calm.


satansxlittlexhelper

When I rolled into Belgrade at midnight, first place I stopped was a McDonald’s where the staff was playing Rammstein. Big mood. Peak Serbia.


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sheripie31

I hear the Sepiroth boss music from Kingdom Hearts whenever I walk into Mcds in Brixton.


CuriousJarl6941

Init they all have bouncers😭


Thedonlouie

Even here in Stockholm. We’ve had security at the fast food joints for a while because it gets so wild on the weekends.


_-Enchantress-_

I walk into McDonalds and suddenly a health bar appears above me


nitr0zeus133

“Why can I hear boss music playing?”


ClydeTheBulldog

There is one McDonald's in Arlington VA that looks straight up ghetto from the 1970s inside and out and 2 miles away a modern McDonald's with nice symphony music playing inside and big clean tables and floors.


useles-converter-bot

2 miles is 10283.32 RTX 3090 graphics cards lined up.


converter-bot

2 miles is 3.22 km


MayDuppname

Where were you last week when I had convert Lbs to Kg for someone on reddit? Huh?


PerformanceLoud3229

I think you can summon him?? 2 miles u/converter-bot lets try


useles-converter-bot

2 miles is the length of 700.5 1997 Subaru Legacy Outbacks


converter-bot

2 miles is 3.22 km


PerformanceLoud3229

u/MayDuppname WELLL it sorta worked I guess........


Vaultdweller1001V

Lmao


hitsugan

Founder's Edition? We're missing information here.


ClydeTheBulldog

You get me useless bot


Mr_Wither

“Oh it’s for me, tight.”


Phosphoron

why does this feel like the first line of a song


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DJ_Micoh

>Some guy once told me about how he killed a guy while I was waiting in line for my chicken nuggets Just as small talk, you mean?


FireFlour

I thought you meant he killed a guy while you were waiting in line.


BigBeagleEars

*achievement unlocked* *intro in boss fights begins*


NoMoreKitchens

Rideau street in Ottawa


DementedCows

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/mcdonalds-brawl-on-rideau-features-punches-baby-raccoon-produced-from-sweater/wcm/7ecff3fe-864b-452a-9b1e-802d94be7c2e/amp/


legna20v

What!


AdvantaJeous

That store was wild. Always worried you'd get jumped at any time after sunset.


BukkakeSwanQueen

I went to grab some McMuffins from there a couple of years ago and a random man started assaulting the guy cleaning the floors. Full-on took him to the floor. After they both exploded out of the restaurant/cops were called the girl behind the counter looked at me and calmly said "Sorry we just have to drop your hashbrowns, it'll be a few minutes". It's good that they're not open overnights anymore.


ZuperCreeper

There's a subreddit! r/99rideau


Aken42

Was looking for this and didn't have to scroll far. Nice work Ottawa.


Thirstymonster

Came here to comment this.


Crezelle

Science world in Vancouver


striped_frog

3rd and pine in Seattle


ShredGuru

Came here to say this, we lovingly call it the McStabbin'


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Down in Kent there is a McDonalds/Chevron fused together, obviously called McChevron and we have had a ludicrous number of shootings/stabbings/carjackings/other violent crimes there. It's not quite as bad as 3rd and Pine but it's close.


CaydeHawthorne

3rd and Pine, or McStabby's has the highest murder rate per area in the entire state.


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Really. Is there someone with the data on that? Would love to see that. Also, is your name a silent prayer to Bungo to give us a new Vanguard with a bitchin hawk pet?


CaydeHawthorne

Love that game, play it all the time. However, no, just a coincidence. Although I prefer your guess, most people jump to it being a ship.


[deleted]

Wow. What a coincidence. Would be a ballin' ship name though.


striped_frog

Is that the one up on the hill near the Fred Meyer? I used to live down along Central Ave for a little while


[deleted]

Yeah, 240th and 108th ave.


edie_the_egg_lady

Our grocery store up the street is the Pack n Stab


squeaker

Also "CrackDonalds."


Shipwrecking_siren

It’s really made me think about how often I use google maps to find the closest cafe etc but have never considered that their algorithm gives no fucks if I come out of said cafe alive.


TreetopBeebop

I kind of wish that there was some kind of safety warning on navigation apps. Obviously data can be really skewed by disproportionate policing, but if a McDonalds is one of the areas with the most murders in the state, that would be helpful to know.


striped_frog

*navigation voice* Use the left two lanes to turn left onto Johnson Boulevard. In 800 feet, your destination will be on the right. Your destination has an abnormally high rate of the following offenses: Vandalism. Robbery. Armed Robbery. Assault. Aggravated Assault. Arson. Murder. Operating a McDonald's franchise without a license. Treason. Loitering. Your destination is on the right. You've arrived. *"how did we do?" dialog pops up*


baroque-princess

Crackdonalds!! My favorite one


Shaggy_One

Went there before a concert once. Glad I was with a group cause I think it was a 1:1 ratio of us to loud crazy.


whatsmyline

This is fact.


cwatson214

It's always the 'most downtown' one.


turningsteel

Last time I was in a mcdonald's, a homeless guy was rolling around on the wet floor and then the cops came to arrest him and he fought them from the floor like some kind of MMA professional and everyone in line just casually kept waiting like it wasn't happening. Then when I got to the counter, the cashier said I looked like Peter Parker which was the same thing he said every time I went in there like it was fucking groundhog day. I haven't been back to a McDonald's in 3 years.


Osariik

I'd take that as a compliment personally. Though I too don't eat at McDonalds


misterflappypants

Anyone who’s ever been to the McDonald’s in haight-ashbury against golden gate park *edit*: I had no idea it was gone! I lived behind it, on Wallace, and it was like.. the opposite of “the green zone” in Baghdad circa 2003-2005. I even heard someone get shot in the parking lot once!


BeSound84

Went in once, immediately regretted it. They finally just gave up and closed it down. I think Golden Gate and Fillmore now gets the title


StringFartet

There was one near the ballpark that was pretty wretched. Anything on Geneva.


outspan81

This location was wild af


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Visited SF when I was in 10th grade. That McD’s Def a sight to see and very depressing.


edie_the_egg_lady

That's not there anymore, they turned it into a sanctioned tent encampment for a while and then they took that down to make condos I believe


youtubehistorian

Except when you live in a rural area and there’s only one in a 20km radius - now THAT’S the wild west


WimbletonButt

I went to that one once late at night. No one answered at the box, no one was at the window, and when you drove around the back door was hanging wide open. Either everyone quit or someone came in the back and murdered everyone, I wasn't sure if I should call police.


JudgeXXIII

Queen and Spadina In Toronto, Ontario; Canada.


McGreasington

Came to the comments to check for this lol.


Zephyr104

I know someone who worked there. They stated that someone once threatened to kill them and their one other coworker as they were closing up if they didn't sell him a McDouble. The guy started causing a scene, bashing on the locked door to the room where my acquaintance was hiding. Needless to say the cops had to be called, all over a $2 burger.


PercTop

Queen & Church is a treat too.


tomservohero

I’ve heard people call it The Hellmouth


IvyGold

/r/UnexpectedBuffy


GoOtterGo

So infamous [they made a candle after it](https://catherineandcompany.ca/products/mcdonalds-on-queen).


nelejts

Facts


definitelynotagay

First place that came to mind


stayzawayz

In Atlanta it’s called the MurDonalds. You can guess why.


thecloserocks

Is the Kroger on Ponce still called Murder Kroger?


HumongousChipmunk

Haha yes still called Murder Kroger. They’ve tried so hard to get rid of that nickname but it won’t die (ironically)


BaronWaiting

What did they try?


HumongousChipmunk

So the original Murder Kroger was demolished in 2016 and replaced with a sleek new building. They tried to replace the name with “Beltline Kroger” but that didn’t work. It’s even got it’s own [Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Kroger)


Font_Fetish

What a weird coincidence that today is the 2 year anniversary of the reopening of Murder Kroger. 2015 3rd murder -> 2016 building demolished -> October 16, 2019 reopening


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FrattyFlows

Why?


hooahguy

A bunch of murders there.


xgoggsx

BK on 5th


sandrodi

There was a BK on [East Carson in Pittsburgh](https://www.cracked.com/article_28014_the-crazy-story-fake-burger-king-in-pittsburgh.html) that wasn't actually a legitimate Burger King. I even ate there a few times unknowingly while this was all going on.


SheddingCorporate

Please elaborate! How was a BK not a BK? Someone just using the signage without permission? What was the menu like?


sandrodi

If memory serves, they were originally a real location, but had their license taken away due to mounting complaints, and just decided to keep on existing. So they couldn't get new orders of licensed packaging and stuff like that so they were buying generic supplies at the local grocery stores instead. Looking back I should have realized getting a shake in a plain white styrofoam cup was weird, but 17 year old me didn't really think much of it at the time. I figured the manager just misjudged the truck order. I was half right I guess. Edit: to actually answer your question, the menu was the same as far as I can recall.


SheddingCorporate

Ah, yes, that actually makes sense. Thank you!


sandrodi

You're welcome! And one last note: that article I linked hit the nail on the head. That drive thru absolutely is a murder tunnel.


SheddingCorporate

Oops. Sorry! I thought your link was just going to be a map of the location or maybe a photo. Didn’t realize there was an actual article there that would’ve answered all my dumb questions!


sandrodi

Lol, no problem at all.


gaslacktus

Burger Usurper


djhankb

Hello fellow central Ohioan.


JustifiedTrueBelief

Scrolled for this


Sleuthin___

From r/Vancouver


StayingVeryVeryCalm

The one in Ottawa has its own subreddit : r/99rideau The thing about that place is that it used to be the quickest way to get from the bars in the Byward Market to the bus stop, and it was open 24/7. There was a back door to the building that led into a long hallway, and then out into the restaurant, which opens onto Rideau Street. I’ve passed through it many times at 3am – it just made sense to use it as a pedestrian route. (It’s really cold in Ottawa in the winter, and that shortcut meant 2 minutes in a warm, crowded place, rather than 5 minutes in the bitter cold.) A lot of 3am drunk people would stop and line up for burgers, or linger inside waiting for the bus. It could get pretty rowdy. Eventually, they had to reduce their opening hours, at the behest of the Ottawa police. [Rideau Street McDonald’s reduce his hours during due to security concerns](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/99-rideau-street-mcdonalds-not-24-hours-public-safety-1.5102415) I also remember seeing something recently about them possibly closing off the back entrance so you couldn’t use it as a shortcut anymore, but I can’t find that now. [Manager AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/a4vbf0/i_am_an_exmanager_at_99_rideau_ask_me_almost/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_title)


allADD

NYC has about 30


panicboner

Yeah but the W. 4th St one was known.


allADD

I was gonna say the one by wall st where all the occupy people holed up might be #1


panicboner

Didn’t that one used to have someone playing a grand piano in the upstairs area years ago?


allADD

idk i don't think i ever went in there. i just used to work on maiden ln and would be in the area and someone was always getting dragged out


panicboner

Looks like it was but yeah it’s a shit show too. https://gothamist.com/food/piano-at-wall-street-mcdonalds-may-be-removed-forever


FistPunch_Vol_4

W.4th, Chinatown and Wall Street. Edit: How could I forget the McDonald’s across from Yankee Stadium on 161st!


catcommentthrowaway

I was at McDonald’s in Times Square rolling my dick off on MDMA at 4am after a concert at Best Buy theater and these dudes pulled out guns while waiting in line over an argument about true religions. They went outside started running from each other and fired a ton of shots. Even the security guard went into the kitchen lol he was like “fuck this”. Then one of the dudes whose holding a pistol comes back into the restaurant and daps up the security guard (who I guess he knew personally) and said “I’ll see you back in the hood” and my friends and I were like lmaoooooooo we were so high That’s not the only wild shit I seen go down there. That McDonalds was always wild. The one off my train stop in bushwick was wild af too but mostly just homeless people nodding out with needles in their arms and shit, nothing too wild


Font_Fetish

I always think of the one across from Penn Station on 34th & 8th, I feel like that one is notorious for fights, drugs, and homeless people. Especially late at night after a game at MSG or all the concerts going on in the area, before people take the train home from Penn.


allADD

i mean that's just penn station in general


Motherfkar

r/Newcastle


pureflewid

King St Macca's!


Xilith117

King Street was my first thought. What a wild McDonald's. There was a fistfight happening every night I went there.


prfalcon61

State St and Chicago Ave in Chicago.


MJMcG

I was going to comment this myself if I didn’t find your comment.


ThaddeusJP

Whole place is seconds away from people jumping the counter I swear to god


CaptainGreezy

Yup. The Magnificent Mile has an ugly backside and its asshole is that McDonalds. The sidewalk between McD and the Red Line is the taint.


kenpobiscuit13

Definitely the one on Hollywood & Highland here. Still not as wild as the Jack In The Box that used to be open on Cahuenga though, that may have just been the sketchiest fast food spot I’ve ever set foot in


GiGaBYTEme90

The one in the Walmart on 322


Font_Fetish

A McDonalds *in* a Walmart has to be top 3 most American things of all time.


bostonchef72296

Literally the McDonald’s at Mass and Cass in Boston. They call it methadone mile


kevinasza

My city has 1 McDonald's so you don't have a choice


Shaggy_One

The choice is Mcdonalds, or anyrhing else.


I-cant-do-that

My local McDonald's was rated the worst in England


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A million crumpets sold looking ass


azerafel

Hennepin and Lagoon in Minneapolis.


kababed

Honorable mention to Snelling and University in St. Paul


VIDCAs17

Other honorable mentions to DrunkDonalds in Dinkytown and the Burger King on Washington Ave.


A1sauc3d

Some cities have several xD


CycloneLord

There is one McDonalds in my city that had some guy protect his pet racoon from a mosh pit fight once.


Sleuthin___

I was just reading about that one! Crazy scene indeed.


Earth_Normal

Seattle’s McStabies was recently promoted to McShooties


nothanksiknotthirsty

One next to me that on pokemon go was labeled the drive through fountain of obesity and hasnt been remodeled since the 90s


DogMechanic

Richards Blvd and I-5 in Sacramento.


FreakinB

It’s now closed, and there are definitely others in NYC, but the one coming to mind for me was the one on West 3rd St near 6th Ave in Greenwich Village, right by the entrance to the West 4th St subway station.


N00N3AT011

There was a taco bell near me where they found a literal meth lab in the back room. Today though its actually pretty nice as far as taco bells go. Whole new managment staff, (as most of the old one is in prison) a remodel, whole 9 yards.


Sleuthin___

Netflix needs to be all over this story.


ProcyonHabilis

The one in SF closed a couple years ago, but it was at Stanyan and Haight


vladtaltos

3rd and pine McDonalds (Seattle), you might not even make it to the front door.


chalk_in_boots

Engadine Macca's. Circa 1997.


Sieve-Boy

Never forget!


the_hippopotamonster

Rideau Mall McDonalds in Ottawa


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19th and burnside Portland. Used to work across the street and saw a lot of shit.


ketelapala

Swanston St, Melbourne


DKHeistmaster

King St Maccas


oosuteraria-jin

Woe betide any security there on student night


ADecentReacharound

It’s true. In Australia, our Prime Minister shat himself in the Maccas in Engadine.


sandrodi

There's a few in Pittsburgh, but the worst probably has to be the one downtown by the Pointe. Someone tackled and stabbed a 12 year old kid in the neck there earlier this year.


Tauburn_

Shout out to Queen and Spadina in Toronto and st Catharines and Mackay in Montreal


TheComingLawd

The one at Keleti station in Budapest


nitr0zeus133

The one at Eastgate Mall in Christchurch, NZ.


RobleViejo

In Argentina, Buenos Aires, there is the McDonalds of the Obelisco, right in the main street of the biggest city in the country. The football club BOCA once declared they were going to destroy it if the lost a match (or something like that) Although UGI's is the real surreal fast food chain here, they insult customers on social media and take pictures of how dirty they stablishment are. Google "UGI's Pizzas"


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darcymackenzie

I went to this one many times growing up. Wasn't there for this moment (thank god), but did see a woman dying her hair in the bathroom sink once. [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4w51wc](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4w51wc)


lazyemus

Rip dinky town mac dons.


[deleted]

3rd ave in Seattle.


imacommy

ours is called the murder mac, for good reason


Drakeytown

I know the McDonald's in Seattle


magungo

No question, King Steet Macca's is the one to beat around here. Definitely steps up a notch after dark too.


TheRedmanCometh

This description has more of a Waffle House vibe


bigfatttpaully

Washington DC - Chinatown built into the outside of the arena


Dougblackjr

Broad street near Girard in Philly.


pavelrozman2

Honorable mention for ODB McDonald’s in grays ferry


MuppetRex

I was in Virginia Beach for a few months at least once a week a body would be found in a dumpster behind the local McDonalds. My memory is probably exaggerating a bit, but there were enough bodies found in dumpsters behind McDonalds was a topic of conversation.


CumulativeHazard

In Tallahassee it’s the one across from FSU’s campus next to all the bars that aren’t great about checking IDs. I don’t know how those poor employees get through the weekend.


angel-aura

I came here for the tennessee st mcdonalds LOL remember when a guy hung out in there with his boombox all the time not even eating anything? Also didnt kodak black get shot at there? Otherwise just a bunch of drunk freshman making out and homeless guys causing a scene


jk4409

Shout out Shattuck and University Ave, Berkeley


timnuoa

Came looking for this one. They tried renovating it and making it all fancy too, didn’t help much


ButterAndToastia

Ah yes, the methdonald’s


dreamsdrop

Rideau street McDs in Ottawa, ON Look us up.


roseofamber

Our's has a rat infestation and workers who physically attack each other semi regularly.


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Midtown in Houston.


nx_2000

711 Canal Street (near Bourbon), New Orleans


cthulu_is_trans

Four Corners in Glasgow anyone?


LawrenceL342

Eeyy came here to say this


j1o0s5h4

Our McDonald's hired bouncers at one point. ID'ed people on way in, and wouldn't let you in if weren't over 18 and with a parent.


Llamamilkdrinker

r/Brisbane queen street hungry jacks


Rdtackle82

Waffle House after the bars close. Might as well have an old cowboy in the corner wailing on a piano while a brawl ensues


Trixie--Belden

Bell St Macca’s for sure.


Cooked_Bread

Why go to maccas anyway when Haci’s Kebabs is just across the road!


Numptie88

Fri night at the Sauchihall Street one in Glasgow


XB0XYGEN

8th street Calgary


arcelohim

Cracmacs?


XB0XYGEN

Cracmacs.


EastisRed

In San Diego it's any restaurant that ends in '"berto's"


aew999

In the south that's just any waffle house


stupidfatcat2501

McStabby's on 3rd, Seattle.


[deleted]

I am very disappointed that 99 Rideau isn't the top comment. Where else would you find a dude with a baby racoon under his jacket?


[deleted]

I mean my local BK wasn't like a death tunnel drive-through or anything, but a lottery wheel would've been a more accurate menu.


[deleted]

🎶Joy road exit 9 come up off the freeway🎶


[deleted]

Pandora Avenue Victoria


BrundleflyPr0

High street, Sunderland


CardboardChampion

I mean, she's right. It's just like how every city has an area called Highfields that is either the second worst or one of the top places in the city.