BARNHART, Mo. — The world’s largest fast-food restaurant chain is opening a new location in Barnhart.
Franchise owner James Lucas said his McDonald’s restaurant will be open in mid-October behind the Mobile On the Run gas station at Catlin Drive and Hwy. M.
The restaurant is currently under construction.
This will be the 10th McDonald’s Lucas and his wife, Jessica, have opened in Missouri and Illinois, including locations in Festus, Crystal City, Pevely, Ste. Genevieve and Bloomsdale. He said they own five other locations in Illinois and are in the process of opening another location east of the Mississippi River.
While no grand opening date has been set for the Barnhart location, once it opens, the restaurant will have about two months of deals, free events and fundraising opportunities, as well as a family night complete with a petting zoo, face painting and balloon art making, Lucas said.
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