🌱 How Uniontown’s Morgantown Street drive-in birthed the world-famous Big Mac
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- How Uniontown’s Morgantown Street drive-in birthed the world-famous Big Mac
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• Remember This: Jim's drive-in creation (rapidesparishjournal.com) — Uniontown’s own McDonald’s franchise at 575 Morgantown Street is celebrated as the birthplace of the Big Mac, first tested there in 1967 by owner Jim Delligatti. The story traces how his Uniontown drive-in’s bigger burger became a global icon, while the local restaurant still serves the famous sandwich today. 
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