Monday, September 10, 2007

I'm loving it

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Sure there are hundreds of "MikiD's" all over NYC, but not this McDonald’s; the 101 Ave McDonald’s. This fast food restaurant is located in Ozone Park, East New York, in the "other side" of Queens. What makes this McDonald’s so special is that it makes the neighborhood, very distinctive. It is huge! Humongous huge, it is the 101 Ave McDonald’s. When people try to get to my house, the easiest way to direct them is through this McDonald’s. "Just go until you see the McDonald’s, you can never miss it", is the most common direction that is given. It is true; you just can never miss it.
First, it has a gigantic “M” sing, that can be spotted from a very long distance. I believe a sing of this size gives a much friendlier environment, and attract more people towards it and of course with its very attention-drawing bright yellow. Its parking lot could park all the cars in the neighborhood, well maybe not, but it makes it up like around 2/3 of the McDonald's total perimeter. The parking lot is so big, that it is used often by skaters and bikers. It's drive-thru, which is opened 24/7, has a large panel and very loud speakers to take orders. A funny thing is that you can always hear what the person in the car is ordering, as you just walking by it.
The restaurant takes up a whole entire block, a whole entire block dedicated to Ronald McDonald. It is Ronald McDonald that one who promotes for kids to play, thus there is a huge Play Palace. This take half of the actual restaurant. It is very colorful making it to draw much attention. Since the whole-length glass windows of the play palace is grey-transparent, all the games can be seen from even across the street. The tubes and slides are all very colorful. They even throw birthday parties there often, so it is very usual to see many kids jumping, while you walking down on 101 Ave.
This McDonald’s plays an important role in my neighborhood Ozone Park. This restaurant works a very distinguishing characteristic of this neighborhood. “Let’s all meet up at the MikiD’s”, my friends usually say, and I just simply respond, “I’m loving it.”

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