Dining in Style
Eric Richardson
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — If you haven't been to the McDonalds in the Fine Arts Building, I recommend you check it out sometime. Not so much for the food (though the new McDonalds is a lot better than the old McDonalds), but for the interesting interior details.
The ceiling and wall details feel more like they belong to an old church than to a fast food joint. The sterile architecture of the McDonalds tile floor seems very out of place set against everything that rises above it.
A juxtaposition to this out of place feeling would be the Subway on the ground floor of the Bradbury building. There the eatery just seems to fit. Here -- well, not so much.
jillian on January 18, 2006, at 04:10PM – #1
My issue with the Subway in the Bradbury is that it makes the whole foyer smell like Subway. Which is not a scent I like associating with said building. I feel like it cheapens the whole experienceof the building to have it smell so much of pale lettuce and over-processed lunchmeats
Maxximoo on January 19, 2006, at 11:55AM – #2
Same as jillian's comment. My first time in the Bradbury was last year and my first reaction was "why does it smell like subway in here?"