Dick and Mac McDonald open the first McDonald's Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino, California, on Fourteenth and E streets. It's your usual drive-in with a huge menu and car hop service. It is no longer in existence. It was demolished in 1972, however, a portion of the original renowned 'Golden Arches' sign, which was installed at the site in 1953, still stands. In 1998, an autonomous McDonald's museum opened in the San Bernardino location. The oldest McDonald's restaurant still in operation today is a drive-up hamburger business in Downey, California. On August 18, 1953, it was the third McDonald's restaurant to open.