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the oldest McDonald's stand
The Downey restaurant is not the oldest McDonald's overall. McDonald's says its first restaurant opened in San Bernardino in 1940; Downey is the oldest still operating Red-and-White location, opened in 1953.
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This wording is too broad and is factually inaccurate as written. McDonald's own history says the first McDonald's opened in San Bernardino, California, on May 15, 1940. McDonald's corporate history also says the Downey site is the oldest Red and White McDonald's still operating today, and that it opened in 1953. So the Downey property can accurately be described as the oldest operating or surviving McDonald's of that type, but not simply as the oldest McDonald's stand overall.
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- When was McDonald's founded?
The McDonald brothers opened the first McDonald's on May 15, 1940 in San Bernadino, California.
- McDonald's History
The oldest McDonald's Red and White (opened in 1953) still operating today is in Downey, California.
- Firsts in San Bernardino
1948: First McDonald's Restaurant in the country opened (14th and E Streets).