McDonald's Coming to the Louvre Next Month

Posted by Robyn Lee, October 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Next month, a McDonald's restaurant and McCafe are coming to Paris' Louvre museum, the most visited museum in the world with more than 8 million visitors annually, and people aren't happy about it. Telegraph gathers opinions from unhappy museum staff members and statements from the museum about their decision. "This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum," said one art historian at the Louvre.

Although many people in France may dislike McDonald's, plenty of people seem to love the chain: France is McDonald's second-biggest market after the U.S.

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Tags: chain burgers, France, McDonald's, Paris, The Louvre

8 Comments:

McDonald's has always marketed very well towards children. McD's in France is no exception. The kids really love it and in almost any city, it's a very inexpensive meal.

AnnieNT at 3:39PM on 10/05/09

@AnnieNT: I LOVED McD when I was little. Granted, I mostly wanted the toys...but...yeah.

Robyn Lee at 3:42PM on 10/05/09

They call it "Le Big Mac" in France. And they call a Quarter Pounder "Le Grande Royale." And you can buy a glass of beer in a McDonald's in France. I ain't talking about a plastic cup either, I mean a real glass of beer.

I don't know what they call a Whopper, I didn't go into a Burger King.

redfish at 5:06PM on 10/05/09

America's domination of the world is now complete. Victory!

Daniel Zemans at 5:37PM on 10/05/09

oh god no .....

pooch at 10:36PM on 10/05/09

It's so weird. French people stereotypically are said to hate McDonalds but I have never seen so many McDonalds in one small urban area as I have in Nantes.

UnasBravas at 1:03PM on 10/06/09

There's already a Starbucks in the Louvre. So why not McD's.

Lorenzo at 3:58PM on 10/06/09

It is truly a sign of the "End Of Times"...a Mickey D's in the Louvre! To make the prophecy happen, they must add a drive thru!

sticky wicket at 1:34AM on 10/13/09

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