A new McDonald’s Plano project would bring burgers, breakfast and the Golden Arches to the northeast corner of 14th Street and La Paz Drive. The company plans a 4,279-square-foot restaurant with an estimated construction cost of $1.5 million.
The proposed location would add another familiar dining option to eastern Plano. It also gives a new chapter to an intersection that has appeared in city restaurant-development records for several years.
For customers, the draw is easy to picture: a carton of hot fries alongside a burger, or a breakfast sandwich and coffee before work. The restaurant’s opening date and location-specific offerings remain unannounced.
The Brand History Behind McDonald’s Plano Plans
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their original restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940. Eight years later, they reorganized the operation around a smaller menu and faster service.
Their Speedee Service System made efficiency central to the business. A focused menu and carefully arranged tasks helped turn a simple hamburger restaurant into a model that could grow.
According to McDonald’s corporate history, milkshake-machine salesman Ray Kroc visited the brothers in 1954. He became their franchising agent and opened his first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955.
The company subsequently expanded far beyond its American roots. Yet the basic promise of a familiar meal served efficiently remained an important part of its identity.
A Restaurant Experience That Keeps Changing
Drive-through service became another turning point. McDonald’s dates its first drive-through restaurant to January 1975 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. The company says it helped serve nearby soldiers who could not leave their vehicles while wearing fatigues off base.
Over time, the chain’s buildings and ordering methods have changed as well. Mobile ordering and self-service kiosks are part of the broader business today, extending the emphasis on convenience beyond the traditional counter.
Those company-wide developments do not establish the layout or technology planned for 14th Street. The current registration does not specify playgrounds, lane counts or other detailed amenities.
Familiar Flavors Behind the McDonald’s Plano Plans
The current U.S. menu shows why the brand has such broad recognition. A Big Mac layers beef patties, lettuce, pickles and sauce beneath a sesame-seed bun, while the Quarter Pounder with Cheese offers another familiar burger choice.
Golden fries add a crisp, salty side to the meal. Chicken McNuggets offer a different route, especially for customers who like to pair bite-sized chicken with dipping sauce. Happy Meals package the restaurant experience for younger diners.
Breakfast brings a different rhythm: Egg McMuffins and other sandwiches alongside coffee. Later in the day, McCafé beverages and McFlurry desserts provide alternatives to the familiar burger-and-fries combination.
These examples describe the brand’s existing offerings. The company has not confirmed this location’s menu, operating hours or service options.
An Intersection With Earlier Restaurant Plans
City records show that restaurant interest in this corner predates the new McDonald’s filing. Plano’s April 4, 2022 planning results record approval of preliminary site plan PSP2021-029, with Soulman’s BBQ as the applicant.
That proposal concerned a restaurant at the northeast corner of 14th Street and La Paz Drive. A revised Soulman’s preliminary plan, RPSP2022-002, subsequently appeared on the November 7, 2022 agenda.
The planning history does not establish that Soulman’s opened there. It also does not explain why the later McDonald’s proposal emerged, so the records should not be read as evidence that one restaurant displaced the other.
McDonald’s Plano and the Los Rios Village Records
More recently, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved preliminary site plan PSP2025-030 on June 15, 2026. The city’s recorded action describes a drive-through restaurant on approximately 1.1 acres at the same intersection under Los Rios Village, Block 1, Lot 3.
The city’s September development list also records August 13 applications for a site plan, landscape plan and preliminary replat. However, those records name Hallett No. 1 LP and do not explicitly identify McDonald’s.
The shared location suggests a connection to the McDonald’s Plano project, but TCM has not independently confirmed it. As a result, the city application’s screening design and site details are not presented here as confirmed McDonald’s features.
Construction Schedule for McDonald’s Plano
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration provides the direct link to the restaurant chain. Project TABS2027003316 identifies McDonald’s USA LLC as the owner and JAW Architects Inc. as the design firm.
The filing describes new construction totaling 4,279 square feet. It lists May 3, 2027, as the estimated start and October 7, 2027, as the estimated completion.
Those dates are construction projections, not a restaurant opening announcement. Likewise, the $1.5 million figure is an estimated construction cost rather than a finalized total investment.
The proposal follows other North Texas development activity, including McDonald’s planned John Jones Drive restaurant in Burleson. For eastern Plano, the new filing brings a recognizable restaurant name to a corner with a longer planning history—and leaves the opening details for a future announcement.