{"id":623921,"date":"2018-04-23T21:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=623921"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:00:54","slug":"what-the-mcdonalds-menu-looked-like-the-year-you-were-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/what-the-mcdonalds-menu-looked-like-the-year-you-were-born\/","title":{"rendered":"What the McDonald’s Menu Looked Like the Year You Were Born"},"content":{"rendered":"\"The\r\n\r\nFor roughly three-quarters of a century, McDonald's has been serving burgers and beverages that taste the same in Alaska as they do in Alabama, but the menu has definitely changed over the years. (Hello, $1 $2 $3 Dollar Menu!<\/a>) Here's a taste:\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

1940: Barbecue<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDid you know the first McDonald's menu was barbecue-themed? Yup! The very first McDonald's restaurant was opened by Dick and Mac McDonald as a car-hop on Fourteenth and E in San Bernardino, California. It offered a barbecue-style menu, and you can see an actual copy of that menu here<\/a>!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

1948: Hamburgers & Cheeseburgers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIn 1948, in response to what caught on with customers, the McDonald brothers revamped their restaurant as a walk-up hamburger stand. There were only four food items on the menu (plus milk, coffee and sodas):\r\n