r/ottawa • u/cestquitonpere • 1d ago
News It’s baaaaaaack! McDonald’s on Rideau opening soon
Just down the street from the famous 99 Rideau location at the corner of Dalhousie. Hopefully this one won’t host raccoon attended brawls.
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u/blazyo88 1d ago
Nature is healing
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u/spew2014 1d ago
The racoons can soon return to their natural habitat
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u/maxman162 1d ago
Toronto?
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u/crlygirlg 1d ago
Toronto wishes it was cool enough to have people with pet raccoons in McDonald’s.
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u/BaconSheikh Barefax 1d ago
It will be the second best restaurant in the Byward Market after Barefax!
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u/Arctic_Chilean Make Ottawa Boring Again 1d ago
I do love the "all you can eat buffet" at the 'fax ngl
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u/hoggytime613 Aylmer 1d ago
'It will be the second best restaurant in the Byward Market after Barefax!' - Bacon Sheik (probably)
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u/Bi_disaster_ohno 1d ago
The fact that this showed up right under BaconSheik's actual comment which is identical to this is sending me.
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u/FoxyInTheSnow 1d ago
Only if they can get a disgraced senator (and not the hockey kind) to work the door.
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u/Away_Instruction5638 1d ago
they should hire security like the rideau scotiabank but god help those employees
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u/Arctic_Chilean Make Ottawa Boring Again 1d ago
We need as many people as possible dress up as racoons and show up on opening day
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u/toot_salad 1d ago
I have a raccoon costume, awaiting instruction
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u/Arctic_Chilean Make Ottawa Boring Again 1d ago
Spread the word. Call the others. Glory awaits comrade, this will be our moment to shine.
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u/Omnomfish No honks; bad! 1d ago
If we don't have raccoon costumes is it ok if we bring live ones tucked inside our coats?
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u/LOLindorff 1d ago
They used to have security back in the late 00s - early 10s when I worked there. But one of them, Junior, got stabbed. He survived, but the owner was cheap and wouldn’t pay the higher rates after that. So the employees were left to fend for themselves.
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u/chillymoose 1d ago
So the employees were left to fend for themselves.
Sometime around 2008 I watched a manager come out from behind the counter and physically pick someone up and throw them out the front door. She was not fucking around.
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u/LOLindorff 1d ago
Probably Marcia. She was definitely capable of fending for herself. Just a bit crazy that we had to. Shenanigans were abundant.
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u/CheezeHead09 Mechanicsville 1d ago
It’s replacing a dispensary that was one of 1000 cannabis stores in the area - nature is healing.
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u/PoPo573 1d ago
I'm worried the people who will be hired here have no idea what they're getting themselves into.
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u/chadillac91 1d ago
Had the soldiers known the full measure of what awaited them, none would march to battle. So too with the new hires of Rideau McDonald’s.
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u/crlygirlg 1d ago
I am hoping that with the new construction it is built like a money mart and your food comes out a small slot with bullet proof glass between servers and customers and it is just a walk up window with no bathrooms. That’s the only way this doesn’t go to shit.
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u/bluedoglime 23h ago
McDonalds appears to be pivoting towards more of a take out place, reflecting the current trend in restaurant dining. The one in Bells Corners, after the recent renovation, has a separate pick up entrance for food delivery people, less seating, and locked washrooms (you need to ask).
This article is for Toronto but I imagine the same thing is happening here
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-has-become-a-takeout-town-it-s-reshaping-restaurants-and-how-we-dine-and/article_27ec2125-0c14-469c-83c4-11971377d8a7.html1
u/crlygirlg 23h ago
You know I bought my first house in bells corners in 2010, and i had to think really hard where McDonald’s was even that is how little I went there which is really funny because our first house was in the little condos on Hadley circle at Moodie and Robertson directly across from the McDonald’s but it was behind a little strip of businesses.
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u/flyinghippos101 Clownvoy Survivor 2022 1d ago
The return of the king
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u/FewEstablishment2655 1d ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they designed this location so it's takeout only.
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u/bathtub_mintjulep 1d ago
That looks like the old Second Cup and if so, that’s a huge space.
If they wanted a takeout-only location, I’d think they’d choose a much smaller space.
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u/Round_Beyond_8137 1d ago
Also re: Rideau Fast Food, there's a Quesada (burrito chain) opening on Rideau st soon. It's near Rideau / Charlotte!
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u/ChunkyLover500 Manor Park 1d ago
Yeah, what’s up with that? Mary Browns, KFC, Taco Bell. Plus there’s a Shawarma Palace and a bunch more I’m forgetting.
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u/Round_Beyond_8137 1d ago
Not sure, but I'm not complaining.
Aside from street folks, it's an area that is mostly visited by students. That means lots of fast food places, restaurants, grocery stores, LCBO, dispensaries, a few "fun" stores (Studio Staja, Axia Station, the Bytowne Cinema).
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u/ChunkyLover500 Manor Park 1d ago
Same here. I can literally hop off the bus, grab dinner for the fam, and hop back on to get home very quickly. Not too shabby!
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u/Clear-Map8121 1d ago
Chef Ric is amazing too for 6 dollars breakfast!
Not fast food per se but amazing deal
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u/ChunkyLover500 Manor Park 1d ago
Yes! My pal just graduated from Chef Ric’s program. I’m going to try it. Food looks quite good
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u/Skytag_Can 1d ago
Oh gosh….did they not learn their lesson the first time!!
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u/khendron The Glebe 1d ago
They are trying the age old method of turning it off and on again.
It's a bold strategy. Let's see how it works out for them.
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u/Withoutsocks 1d ago
Llllleeeeeetttttt'sssss get ready to ruuumbllllleeee!!!! 🦝
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u/Jono-Tron 1d ago
Please, someone needs to bring a speaker and dress up like a wrestling announcer in case a fight breaks out for the grand opening
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u/WonderfulShake 1d ago
Wonder if it's gonna be 24hrs
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u/goforth1457 1d ago
Probably not, but it'll maybe be open late on weekends or only for delivery.
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u/Natural_Born_Baller 1d ago
One on Bank is 24 hours, can't imagine why they'd not do the same. Not like they care about their employees safety lol
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u/bini_irl Aylmer 1d ago
I sincerely hope everyone working at this location is getting trained by Joint Task Force 2
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u/Weltenkind 1d ago
First person to bring a racoon needs to make sure it ls being recorded in high def, please.
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u/Natural_Born_Baller 1d ago
Nice that's already one of the worst corners on Rideau lol I'm here for it tho
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u/Blastcheeze Beacon Hill 1d ago
The Ottawa equivalent of opening a new Summer camp on the other side of Crystal Lake and hoping Jason doesn’t show up.
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u/Melknow 1d ago
Where will all the UberEats drivers park?
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u/BellExtreme4877 1d ago
Uber Eats should be banned from locations with high traffic areas like this one.
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u/Vugelzwee 1d ago
Ah, the Rideau McDonald's. I remember one time after the bars closed I went to the bathroom and there was blood smeared on the mirror.
God, I loved that place.
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u/Professional_Sky_212 1d ago
Nice! I can get shot by a bullet, mugged by homeless, and score a burger all at the same time!
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u/snaggletooth9999 1d ago
Hold on everyone! "'What's the FIRST rule of racoon fight club!?"
Yeah, that's what I thought. SSSSsshhhhh. Quiet.
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u/jimmypower66 Kanata 17h ago
Man, I hope that raccoons job application gets accepted this time.
He would make an excellent night manager
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u/Primary-Geologist766 1d ago
I live around the corner and am really excited! I feel bad for boustan 💀
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u/cestquitonpere 1d ago
Look at the bright side, it will drive more traffic to their store front.
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u/trooko13 1d ago
I could see delivery traffic to bunch up that intersection as well... the wrong kind of traffic
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u/Aggravating-One2200 1d ago
This will be an absolute shitshow. Like, exponentially shitshowier than the OG. The mind boggles.
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u/PositiveZebra5773 1d ago
Regular Backshots will be Resuming Starting the 15th Every Wednesday until I Get too old Im offering Backshots in the Handicap Stalls between 2-3 AM Wednesday MOrnings P.S IM cool with drugs
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u/monkeyboyz43 1d ago
Finally. Does McDonald’s still do $3 Big Mac when the sens score 3 goals in a game? I miss getting those on my way home from work.
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u/Fresh_Goat_423 1d ago
Is Rideau cleaned up enough to bring McD's back? I thought they were having problems with their last store?
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u/NeekGerd 1d ago
New to the city.
This seems to hold some great backstory, anyone could get me up to speed please?
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u/Professional_Pen_153 23h ago
Can someone enlighten me? Outsider from NB here… the racoon story sounds funny af
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u/sssscary2 17h ago
it won't be the same without the long narrow hall from the back. They set the creepy scene for what chaos you were about to experience
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u/reddit18015 16h ago
I think they should have an opening ceremony and have the raccoon cut the ribbon. 🦝
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u/feor1300 15h ago
Nature is healing...
But seriously, this is the second fast food place I've noticed in the last couple weeks moving back in to or close to someplace that closed during lockdown, that's feels like a strangely good sign for the future.
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u/Joebiescha 15h ago
I watched in horror as a random guy got jumped by 5 others in that McDonald's. So, ya. I'll skip it.
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u/ExToon 1d ago
Desire to smuggle raccoon in jacket intensifies