The French Are So Gauche

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The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 5:20pm

Putting a McDonald's in The Louvre. How crass. Not even an Au Bon Pain or Pret A Manger, just a McDonald's.
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re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 5:36pm

Surprisingly, Mrs R took it in stride.

Her reasoning is it is no big thing after they put the monstrous glass pyramid there.

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""The Louvre welcomes the fact that the entirety of visitors and customers, French or foreign, can enjoy such a rich and varied restaurant offer, whether in the museum area or gallery," the museum said in a statement.

The McDonald's would represent the "American" segment " of a new "food court", and would be situated "among (other) world cuisines and coffee shops," it wrote."

Argh. McDonald's as the world representation of American food. They're nuts.

re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 6:32pm

Agreed. Subway sums us up much better.

re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 6:40pm

The least they could do is put in an Applebee's.

KFTC!!!!!

re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 6:50pm

Aren't there more Subway locations than McDonald's now? Wasn't that just announced?

Either way, I agree with the Subway statement. McD's is the worst.

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EDIT:
SUBWAY wins

Updated On: 10/4/09 at 06:50 PM

re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 6:53pm

I agree with Stockard. Applebee's for the win!

re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/4/09 at 7:06pm

I don't think there should be any fast food places in the Louvre. Nothing's sacred@@@@

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Posted: 10/4/09 at 8:52pm

I was kind of hoping for an Olive Garden.

"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim

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Posted: 10/4/09 at 8:58pm

They have one in Rome! I thought was going to STARVE and then, right there down the street from that big church with the painted ceiling, I saw the Olive Garden sign! FINALLY! SOMETHING DECENT TO EAT!

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Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:36pm

The more he reveals over time the clearer it becomes: Those Roxys are one classy couple!

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#12

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Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:38pm

Um, there's a full-on mall in the Louvre. Why are people surprised?

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Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:39pm

"The more he reveals over time the clearer it becomes: Those Roxys are one classy couple!"

You made me chuckle out loud from that one, Namo.

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#14

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 1:05am

Well Olive Garden wouldn't really represent "America" since it's an ITALIAN restaurant, doncha know.......

KFTC!!!!!

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re: The French Are So Gauche

Posted: 10/5/09 at 6:37am

Class & NAMO in the same sentence - I think not

In case you are interested, Mrs R has 3 degrees . What do you have o wise one?

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:10pm

"Argh. McDonald's as the world representation of American food. They're nuts."

No they're not.

They would have done this quite deliberately.

Just like their term of endearment/disrespect for the British is a reference to our food.

(And vice versa, come to think of it)

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:14pm

"I was kind of hoping for an Olive Garden."

Or at least a Red Lobstah.

....but the world goes 'round

#18

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:26pm

If they stick a Mayor McCheese head on the Winged Victory of Samothrace, I'm there.

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:32pm

LOL, Cal.

And guided tours by Grimace.

....but the world goes 'round

#20

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:37pm

mmmmmmm............fried shrimp and cheese biscuits!

KFTC!!!!!

#21

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:56pm

Um, there's a full-on mall in the Louvre. Why are people surprised?

Seriously. I was there in June and it was like being in an American mall that happens to have a collection of priceless artifacts and art upstairs. Although the stores, for the most part, were indeed higher-end. But there are some pretty fancy McDonalds..es out there. Shame about the food, though.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do and eat at McDonalds:

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Updated On: 10/5/09 at 02:56 PM

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 3:14pm

I only wish it had been there when I was at the Louvre. Getting in and out of the Louvre is not the Met or Moma. It's something of a hike to the nearest eating establishment that is not part of the underground mall. And considering the amount of time it takes to get around the Louvre amongst the throngs of crowds and backtracking from unmarked closed sections where the exit signs have directed you, it can be a hot, exhausting and incredibly frustrating experience. We grabbed a snack in the food court and McDonald's would have been fine dining by comparison. Once outside, we didn't see any quick or reasonable cafes for a while, though it's possible we simply didn't turn in the right direction where the thongs of dining options were located. Souvenir and scarf vendors were plentiful, and apparently not as hugely offensive to the hardcore museum officienado, but if the museum president is ok with the new McDonald's, then I don't understand why it's so awful. We went to the McCafe at La Defense and it was nicer than the typical McDonald's with some great desserts served on huge white square plates all decorated with sauces. We were surprised with the presentation and quality.

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 3:25pm

Maybe they offered you the more upscale menu choices, Matt, because you were wearing the "thong of dining options"

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 4:01pm

HAR HAR! Actually, it's kind of a funny typo. This thong is not so different from the souvenir options close to the High Holy Cathedral of Art Too Good For Regular Folks.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

Updated On: 10/5/09 at 04:01 PM

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Posted: 10/5/09 at 4:02pm

scallion!

welcome back!!

....but the world goes 'round

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