In a move that reminds me of McDowell's attempts to steal McDonald's ideas and procedures, the golden arches look to be borrowing the ideas of baconisgreat. Behold, this advertisement:
And then from their website:
Yep, McDonald's now has a Chipotle BBQ Bacon burger. Sound at all familiar? Differences are minimal, but just enough so that the idea can look slightly original. The size of the meat is different and they added some cheese and pickles, which most people would throw away anyway, in place of the pineapple.
I, of course, am going to be the bigger man. I'm not going to be furious with McDonalds; after all, they're bringing bacon and chipotle to the masses. It just seems very convenient that this slightly tweaked burger should turn up on the McDonald's menu a few months after I write about it. Plus, this is all very tongue in cheek anyway.
In the end, the joke's on them, though. According to this review, the burger kinda sucks. Mediocre was the term used.
Mine?
It f'ing ROCKS.
Go to http://www.grubgrade.com/tag/bbq-bacon-third-pounder-mcdonalds/, where you can read their entire review and see photos of the burger, which doesn't look anything like McDonald's depiction. I didn't tell them I was taking the picture for my own use. Oh well.
