"Sonoran Dude" > wrote in message
. ..
> Wayne Lundberg wrote:
>> A bit of history here to make things interesting:
>> According to Wikipedia:
>>
>> The McDonald Brothers business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by
>> siblings Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California. Their
>> introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 established the
>> principles of the modern fast-food restaurant.
>>

Let us clean this up a bit. (Add) and then Wayne wrote:

>> According to my good friend and mentor Victor Rubio, most popular,
>> respected
>> and well known restaurateur in Tijuana during the WWII years through to
>> his
>> death in 2004:
>>
>> "I remember the McDonald brothers coming into my restaurant near the
>> bullring and inviting me to have a beer with them as they shared their
>> love
>> of bullfighting and mariachi music during their occasional trips to
>> Tijuana.
>> This was around 1947, I remember because of the brouhaha around Margaret
>> Truman's first public singing appearance. Tijuana had been and was still
>> a
>> huge magnet to Hollywood types, sailors and marines before and after the
>> war. It was not until sometime in 1955 when I put two and two together,
>> recalling Dick's penchant for taking notes, that I remembered their
>> telling
>> me of their observing how a small taco stand could serve so many people
>> in
>> such a short time that they began experimenting with the idea back at
>> their
>> San Bernardino restaurant. By 1960 you could not go anywhere in the
>> United
>> States without finding a nearby McDonald's. Truly an amazing story of how
>> the fast food concept changed the way Americans eat. All from observing a
>> trio of uneducated taco stand workers."

I'm sure the MD Corporate HQ would issue a retraction & correct their
history if given the chance, especially when confronted with this conclusive
and overwhelming evidence.
Henry Ford certainly doesn't need anymore credit given to him.

and so we "wonder" how Urban Myths get started