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All right, kids, we're going to be arriving at lunch soon.

I want to tell you something exciting about what we're going to eat.

We are going to a restaurant in a mansion.

I'm in the car with Janie and the kids, and this mansion restaurant we're going to is in New Hyde Park, New York, just outside New York City.

It's a 19th century historical landmark.

What do you imagine a restaurant and a mansion would be like?

Like a humongous restaurant that's super fancy and has super yummy food.

Golden tables and chairs with white tablecloths and red carpets on the floor.

Yeah, what kind of food do you think it has?

I want Caesar salad.

They probably have Caesar salad with gold Caesar dressing.

So how are you feeling now, knowing that you're about to go into a mansion for the first time in your lives?

Oh, excited.

But I feel like there's a catch.

Or something you're not telling us about it.

This is the Sporkful. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters. I'm Dan Pashman. Each week on our show,

we obsess about food to learn more about people. McDonald's, you've probably heard of it. It's

everywhere. In fact, it's so omnipresent that when you start a story at McDonald's, you can end up just about anywhere. And today we have two stories about the fast food giant. The first one is just a quick nugget. Then we'll move on to something meatier. So, given that setup, you may have figured out that the restaurant in a mansion, the one Becky imagines will have white tablecloths and gold furniture,

is, in fact, a...

McDonald's! Woo-hoo!

Well, look at that. Here, let's get out.

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