Langston Blvd has been without its McDonald’s for about seven months, but that’s about to change.
The company is in the final stages of constructing a “modernized” restaurant on the grounds of its former red-roofed joint at 4834 Langston Blvd. The new build, which replaces the old-school look with the franchise’s updated, neutral color palette, is expected to open next month.
“The location is getting closer to completion,” construction manager Michele Miller told ARLnow. “We are still planning to open this year sometime in November.”
McDonald’s shut its former Langston Blvd restaurant down in April, demolished it in June and initially eyed plans to reopen this month.
The new restaurant will not have a PlayPlace, but it will have self-ordering kiosks and an outdoor patio. Also in the works is a side-by-side drive-thru, which will have two ordering lanes that merge at pickup to “improve efficiency,” Miller previously said.
It’s an upgrade from the former single-lane drive-thru at the spot, which often contributed to traffic along Langston Blvd.
