On January 5, 2021 the franchise owner of the infamous McDonalds across from the West 4th Street sold the building to an entrepeneur seeking to open a nightclub. Covid was in full force and the investors did nothing. Three years later the site remains a ghost, but it will never again be the 3am hotspot for drunken mania and that might be a good thing.
I have eaten in Mickey Ds since January 2008.
On the way to Bangkok the Cyber-Crime Unit stopped at a highway rest stop. The arresting officer asked if I wanted something to eat. I said a cheeseburger and fries. The fries were okay, but the burger paddy was a hockey puck. Never again.