Dining in Style

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 01:10PM

Eric Richardson

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.

Comments

jillian writes:

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

# on Jan.18.2006 AT 04:10 PM

Maxximoo writes:

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?"

# on Jan.19.2006 AT 11:55 AM