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Ribbon-Cutting: McDonald's at Mack & Canyon

McDonald's opened it's doors for business at midnight Friday, offering prizes to the first 300 customers, which followed a ribbon-cutting ceremony late Thursday and a VIP party.

The owners of the at Canyon/Moran roads celebrated the grand-opening late Thursday with a large gathering at the first "green" location of the fast-food chain restaurant in Detroit.

The restaurant borders and will be open 24 hours a day, offering drive-through service only at night. The night began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the and several Grosse Pointe and Detroit city officials in addition to two state representatives, Tim Bledsoe and Alberta Tinsley-Talabi.

Outside, the restaurant offers a large dining patio. Inside, the restuarant offers a variety of booth and bar seating tables that are not the traditional hard-molded plastic in most McDonald's. In addition to tiled floor, stone/granite counter-tops and dark wood seating the restaurant has flat-screen tvs as the menus, a room for small children featuring soft climbing guitars and two video-game stations.

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The restaurant received a Seeking Excellence in Eco-Conscious Design certification for the many 'green' features, according to a press release given out at the ribbon-cutting by a McDonald's corporate spokeswoman.

Following the ribbon-cutting, a VIP party was held at the restaurant with a silent auction that benefitted the Ronald McDonald House with items from , Jamaica Tourism Board and Genesis Travel Agency.

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The opening spurred some debate on Facebook Thursday from many of the residents in Grosse Pointe Farms who live nearby as well as others who are unhappy to see a fast-food restaurant locating in the area. The Grosse Pointes do not allow fast-food and the Wendy's was grandfathered in years ago.

. Some of those same officials attended Thursday's ribbon-cutting.

Many others on Thursday on Facebook expressed happiness in seeing a thriving business on the lot that was previously vacant, weed-choked and housing a former car dealership showroom.


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