Posted on 03/09/2016 3:18:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
The ‘McBarge,’ a floating McDonald’s abandoned for nearly 30 years, is set for a secret Super Size makeover.
The restaurant, which cost almost $9 million to build, was originally part of Expo 86, a World’s Fair held in Vancouver in 1986.
The original plan for the barge was to move it to a new location after the expo ended.
However, the restaurant lost its novelty and was abandoned.
The site, formerly known as Friendship 500, is only accessible by boat.
Photos of the structure shared on Reddit last week went viral, resurfacing national interest in the barge.
Howard Meakin, president of Sturgeon’s Developments, bought the structure back in 1999, according to the Vancouver Sun.
According to multiple media reports, the barge is set to receive a $3+ million renovation.
However, the plan for the barge remains secret.
“It will be restored and refitted,” Meakin told the Vancouver Sun in December. “It could be in Vancouver, but it could be in other places, as well. We’re not saying exactly where it’s going to be located, but the plan is that it will undergo extensive renovations.”
Meakin said he expects the refurbishment to be completed this year.
Does this have a “dingy up window”?
I hear they pulled the food out of the storage bins and began serving it and no one knew the difference.
That night on the marge of Lake McBarge I cremated Sam McGee.
I did see a McDonalds in far northern Canada (Kapuskasing Ontario) that had drive thru lane for snowmobiles.
I’m lovin’ it.
I wonder what shape the hull is in. I trust they got a survey.
Wow LOL
Make ‘me a deal. Maybe you can buy it. It looks like a good fixer upper.
“Filet-O-Fish, pumped straight from our bilges to you.”
probably not all of them, i am sure they cut a few from the employee list.
“Nadia Judith Enchassi” is a really classy name.
Didn’t Costner already do that one? ;)
Yup. “The Postman”. Wasn’t John Katich’s dad in the movie?
It also rhymes with classy.
Good point. Could be used in a poem.
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