Can we get this at the McDonald’s on Maplewood?

Posted on by Matthew Green

Wouldn’t it be nice if the local McDonald’s sold locally made Italian pastries? Something like this:

Yes, that’s a pastry counter at a McDonalds! More specifically, in the “McCafé” part of a McDonald’s in the Les Halles shopping center in Paris:

Lots of neat stores, but nowhere near as beautiful as the older architecture.  Here’s a McDonald’s sign in a more traditional setting in Paris, the Rue de Rivoli:

As you can see, I’m still working my way through the photos of my vacation last October…

– Fr. Matthew Green

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Published by Matthew Green

I am a translator, origami artist/teacher, and photographer, a blogger, former philosophy professor, and I love to sing. You can see my photos on Flickr and buy prints of some of them on Fine Art America. You can find me on Instagram, Twitter (@mehjg), and in various and sundry other social media sites on the web.

3 thoughts on “Can we get this at the McDonald’s on Maplewood?”

  1. Have been there once and am looking forward to returning in June. Love your photos and am so glad that you are still posting on this blog. Love what you do and what you add to this blog! Merci!

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  3. Great photos, Fr. Green! And yes, I bet McDonald’s would be even busier if they began carrying Italian (or French!) pastries! I know I WOULD frequent it often 🙂

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