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Zut Alors! French Attack Big Macs at Louvre

Wake up and smell the French fries, Mona Lisa

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – News that a McDonald's will open just yards from the entrance of the Louvre museum has sent lovers of French culture into conniptions. “This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odors in the context of a museum,” sniffed... Read full story »

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