McDonald's has caused a storm after revealing it is to open a restaurant at a French cultural monument the Louvre.
McDonald's has caused a storm after revealing it is to open a restaurant at a French cultural monument the Louvre.
America's fast food temple is celebrating its 30th anniversary in France with a coup the opening of its 1,142nd Gallic outlet a few yards from the entrance to the world's most visited museum.
The fast food giant will open a branch in the Louvre within a month, sparking an outcry in some circles.
'The Mona Lisa will soon be able to dig into a Big Mac,' read a headline in Le Figaro.
"This is the last straw," said one of the museum's art historians, predicting "unpleasant odours".
The outlet would be the American representative in a "rich and varied" food court, said a spokesman for the Louvre.
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