Thursday, June 26, 2008

Art Deco Gone Mad

Taradale, Hawke's Bay. June 2008. Ajr
In an idle moment this afternoon I found myself drifting out of Napier city and into the rather bland suburb of Taradale. I had free time and the sun was shining. I needed no other reason to wander aimlessly. And so it was with some surprise that I found myself parking outside McDeco McDonalds!! Yes, you read that correctly. If my memory serves me correctly, this is the only McDonald’s restaurant in the world (or was it one of two?) housed in an authentic Art Deco building – for which we can be truly thankful! Formerly the Taradale Hotel, it is at least a prettier setting than most of the chains eateries.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow! What an interesting McDonald's. I've seen some cool ones. I think the coolest one I saw was an adobe mission style one in Santa Fe. But an Art Deco one. Wow!

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