Welcome to McDavid's! Fast food eatery rebrands in honour of Edmonton Oilers captain
By: By Karen Bartko - Canada's Global News
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Welcome to McDavid's! Fast food eatery rebrands in honour of Edmonton Oilers captain
A McDonald's in south Edmonton rebranded as McDavid's to honour the captain of the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, February 28, 2025. Global News
Welcome to McDavid's!
No, it's not the planned downtown cocktail lounge being built by the wife of Connor McDavid — rather, a busy fast food restaurant on the south side has rebranded in honour of the Edmonton Oilers captain.
In celebration of his heart-pounding overtime winning goal at the 4 Nations Face-Off finale last week, McDonald's Canada made good on a deal to honour Connor McDavid.
"ok @cmcdavid97 how about this… if you bring the cup back to Canada we'll turn an Edmonton McD's into a McDavid's. Deal?" the fast food giant tweeted last summer during the Oilers' 2024 Stanley Cup playoff run.
While the team was unable to secure that win, McDavid did seal the deal for Team Canada during the 4 Nations best-on-best tournament against players from the United States, Finland, and Sweden.
Afterwards, McDonald's quoted their previous tweet from last summer with an update: "still can't stop thinking about that shot. golden goal golden arches. see you all at McDavid's in Edmonton, AB and in Newmarket, ON in honour of our hometown hero - opening this week!!!"
still can't stop thinking about that shot @cmcdavid97.
golden goal golden arches.
see you all at McDavid's in Edmonton, AB and in Newmarket, ON in honour of our hometown hero - opening this week!!! https://t.co/NYIr0JdpH1
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCanada) February 23, 2025
On Friday, the temporary, one-week rebrand was revealed at both a McDonald's in the Ontario community where the hockey phenom grew up, and at a McDonald's on Calgary Trail and 51st Avenue in Edmonton.
"It was a whirlwind of activities for the last week after we won the gold medal, but we're McDonald's and we made it happen," said Chat Sangha, the the franchisee of the south Edmonton McDonald's McDavid's.
"He scored the golden goal and we thought, what better way to celebrate than to celebrate with the golden arches?"
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McDonald's said its local franchisees are committed to supporting the communities they serve, and that means celebrating their wins.
"Bringing home the win for Canada on the ice is a huge accomplishment, and as a fellow McD, we go big with our celebrations," the corporation said.
Sangha said the community response on Friday was uplifting, with lots of cars honking and people coming inside.
"We've been really busy this morning. Everyone's just coming in, bringing their families, taking pictures with the new restaurant McDavid's."
In addition to all the signage (and we mean all the signage ) being changed on the buildings, the The Big Mac-David burger will remain on the menu for a limited time.
"We've taken the Big MacDavid sandwich into overtime. This is going to be extended one week across the country," Sangha said.
The play on a Big Mac features four beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions, all stacked on a toasted sesame seed bun.
People visiting McDonald's locations across Edmonton will also be able to get a small order of fried for just $0.97 between Friday and Sunday, limited to five orders per customer.
pardon our language but…puck yeah. @cmcdavid97pic.twitter.com/kofAQ6Emp7
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCanada) February 28, 2025
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Very smart marketing. I'm sure both locations that did that will enjoy crowds for all meals for the one week that the promotion is to last, and as well will most likely continue for a while.
Maybe eating the Big McDavid sandwich at these locations is what has slowed down Connors offence and caused the Oilers recent losing streak
But wasn't that before the renaming?
Nope it is ongoing, McDavid only has one point since the 4 nations tourney and the Oilers are winless in the last 5 games
I'm not worried about it, all teams have bad streaks every now and then
Talking about bad streaks, I've always supported the Toronto Maple Leafs. LOL
My fave team too, not sure how they'll do in the playoffs this year but they're currently first in their division and as a bonus their nemisis the Bruin may not even make the playoff
Edmonton is my 2nd fave team (then Winnipeg, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal in that order)
When I was a little kid growing up in Hamilton, well before the days of TV, I would go to bed early on Saturday night to listen to Foster Hewitt on the radio announcing the Leafs games "HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!!!". That was back when the Leafs were a top team and often the big winners.
Did you know that Leafs player Tim Horton's very first donut/coffee shop was opened in Hamilton? Now they're around the world, even in China, and I wish one would open near me for the donuts. However, I still brew and drink Tim's coffee every morning, order it online and get it delivered.
Some of my earliest memories are me, Dad and my brother sitting on the living room couch watching the Leafs on Saturday night,
this was at the very early days of their 50 plus year drought
Well, remember that as per Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) in the movie The Shawshank Redemption said:
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
I had always thought the Chinese were more into Tea than Coffee...
???
In China.
I know several Chinese-Americans here in the U.S.-- almost all are big coffee drinkers!
They were, but the times the are a changin'. Now individually owned boutique coffee shops are opening up everywhere. A year or two ago I posted an article about one that a woman opened up.