OrangeTV & The Golden Arches

Like many others who grew up in the TV ‘70s and beyond, too much of my childhood was spent at the local McDonald’s store (I even had birthday parties in the urine scented log cabin that used to be in front of the Coeur d’Alene store - see left photo), but the visits have become more and more infrequent over the years. Really, I was over it for the most part in my late teens and haven’t had a craving for even a single famous French fry since, but the one aspect of the McDonald’s racket I just can’t seem to quit is their breakfast situation. To me, the biggest coup the company has had in possibly their entire history was in 2003, with the invention of the impossibly addictive McGriddle sandwich/OrangeTV, Get Out! North Idaho. More here . (Courtesy photo: that might be OTV as a featured kid at a Mickey D’s birthday party)

DFO: I haven’t eaten at McDonalds for a coupla years … and then only because I was taking my nephews to lunch and they insisted on the golden arches. I rank the burger I got that day below the ones I’ve eaten at Wendy’s and Burger King. But McDonalds does make a good cup of morning coffee.

Question: When did you last eat at McDonalds? How would you rank Mickey D’s in comparison to other Appleway burger joints?