{"id":470,"date":"2009-07-17T01:47:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T06:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=470"},"modified":"2017-08-07T22:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T02:57:35","slug":"mcdonalds-hamburgers-2913-two-notch-road-16-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"McDonald's Hamburgers, 2913 Two Notch Road: 14 July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I wasn't expecting that<\/i>. I drove by McDonald's<\/i> on Two Notch tonight and found the place razed to the ground (with the exception of the sign). There's a yellow \"zoning\" notice sign in front of the place, but I couldn't tell what it said from across the street, and I didn't stay because I was about to be panhandled. I wouldn't have taken night pictures anyway, but with the bulldozer parked there, I was afraid that the sign would be gone by tomorrow.<\/p>\n

This McDonald's<\/i>, on the corner of Two Notch & Beltline, took the place of Chappy's Authentic English Fish & Chips<\/a> in 1987, so it had been there a bit over 20 years. I don't believe I ever ate inside though I'm pretty sure I've gotten drinks at the drive-through. In general I haven't eaten much at McDonalds since the 1970s, but lately they have been getting better with pretty good coffee and wi-fi.<\/p>\n

Apparently, this is being done to add drive-through capacity, according to this 9 Dec 2008 Zoning Board document<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThis is a request to demolish and construct a fast food restaurant (McDonald\u2019s) with a drive-through. The property will have ingress\/egress along Two Notch Road and Beltline Boulevard. The drive-through for the fast food restaurant is situated within the site such that adequate stacking for vehicles can be provided.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ammended request for a double<\/i> drive-through was apparently approved on 14 July 2009 at 10am<\/a> and they didn't waste any time after that!<\/p>\n

UPDATE 17 July 2009<\/b>: OK, the above reads a bit disjointedly since I hadn't looked up the zoning documents before writing the first part, ie: I wouldn't have worried about the sign being bulldozed if I had known from the get-go that they were going to rebuild on the same lot.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are the daylight pictures:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 7 November 2009<\/b> -- Open again:<\/p>\n

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