McDonald’s

This place is horrible. I literally almost got stuck in the bathroom stall. I mean, the latch was inoperable! (It was actually the funniest part of my day.)
As for the food, if you eat here, I question your sanity, because near you is some of the best food in Pittsburgh.

Poor experience. I gather they were having issues in the kitchen but I waited patiently for close to 10 mins for my breakfast sandwich. Then I distinctly heard the manager say «just give me an egg, I don’t care if it’s hot,» followed by «just use Canadian bacon,» even though I’d clearly ordered regular bacon. A bit ridiculous. Won’t be back.

This McD’s is a mess I have stopped there maybe 3 times and last night is the last. I had to wait at the drive thru for 6 minutes (I always time it when someone says ‘wait one min’) Then she took my order. I had to wait to pay because 2 cars ahead of me must have waited also. I get my food and head home which is 5 min from the McDs. When I got home my food was cold. I had that new chicken sandwich and was very disappointed. It was cold, the breading on the chicken was soggy, the chicken was dry and tough and the bun tasted like cardboard. I took it apart and microwaved for a couple of seconds and put ranch dressing to moisten it. I also put the bun in the toaster for a few seconds. This made it edible but not good. My fries were cold and dried out so I threw them away. My coke was fine.
I confess, I go to mcd when I feel like a mcd hamburger. It’s a taste of my youth. I foolishly try other things sometimes and generally feel disappointed except for the aforementioned hamberger and I also like the soft serve ice cream. The Icetea is rather a hit and miss because the bad ones are because they don’t clean the ice tea containers/​makers well enough, or they use powdered/​concentrated tea to lower the cost. How hard is it to make iced tea folks? I have only done drive thru at this place because they have parking police that jump on you as soon as you get out of the car.

With all the local restaurants in the Strip District, McDonald’s doesn’t really look like it belongs but it has been there for as long as I’ve been going to Pittsburgh. I walked from the hotel so I didn’t have to deal with the small parking lot and construction around the parking area. One interesting thing I noticed is even though most of their menu items were more expensive than McDonald’s near my home, ice cream cones were only 49 cents! (52 cents with tax) What a deal. Service was fast and courteous and the dining area was reasonably clean, as one would expect for the chain.

This is one of the businesses in the area that is open past 8pm. I’m not quite sure what it is about the Strip District that everything closes so early. Regardless this McDonald’s has pretty slow service compared to what I’m used to seeing everywhere else and it’s really small inside too.
One big plus is that they have free wifi so if you’re connected to one McD’s you’re connected to them all. This is good since I can’t use my data in the US.

Pretty much like every other McDonald’s clean with fast courteous service. The food is consistent worldwide which is why you go to a McDonald’s.
Free ATT WiFi was exceptionally quick when I went today for breakfast.

This is right next to Altar Bar, hence all the horror-​punk people populating the establishment the other night due to The Misfits show.
That didn’t help the food, which is a farm animal’s dinner no matter how you break it down.
I felt dirty and depressed upon leaving here.
I also don’t get why they’re so uptight about their parking lot. Why are they worried about the Altar Bar patrons leaving their cars here? How many people actually eat-​in at this McDonald’s on a Friday evening? It’s not like anyone was loitering and causing trouble. Hell, the leathery-​spiked-​facepainted Misfits fans probably kept any riff-​raffs away, and besides, the concertgoers were actually spending money on the abominable food they serve here. If I was a manager, I’d have been pleased to let people park in the lot while they went to the show. Their business would have been dead that evening if it wasn’t for the gig next door.
Shit, I could imagine if this was on a weekday afternoon when people who work in the Strip District come in on their lunch, but again, a Friday night???