this is how nbc news covered the story at the time. the grand opening high was foreign to moscow as the hamburger. george cool heart started with the soviets 14 years ago. it was a static. would i d recommend is that this is a great market. this is a market that s open for business. doctor nation of the young staff has confounded some first day customers. it s very unusual for soviet people to be polite to everybody. and in a city where restaurants often close early because the food runs out. moscow s newest state open hours after it s scheduled closing tonight. it finally did 30,000 customers have been served. at an all-time one day record for the chain. good omen for the 19 other mcdonald s plan for the soviet capital. nbc news, moscow. 27,000 russians applying for
the soviet union was still intact. barely. it was starting to unravel. when mcdonald s the very symbol of american capitals and opened its first store in moscow. at the height of the paristroika economic reform under president mikhail gorbachev. it was located in push and square. it was a very, very big deal. this was the front page of the washington post on the day that the store opened. a one below the fold was on the mcdonald s titled quote moscow plays ketchup. get it, ketchup. this is how nbc news covered the story at the time. the grand opening hype was foreign to moscow as the hamburger. george cool heart started with the soviets 14 years ago. it was ecstatic. would i d recommend is that this is a great market. this is a market that s open for business.