Owners Carolyn Lardas and her husband Nicholas with Ronald McDonald at the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the grand reopening of McDonald’s which has been closed for remodelling since November 2005. Said Mr. Lardas, “We wanted this McDonald’s to be different from all the others and designed it so that it would look more like a downtown, big-city restaurant and not your typical fast-food establishment.”
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