--- title: McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries Location description: A McDonald's location in St. Joseph's, Mo., will soon be selling all-you-can-eat french fries. canonical: https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-18T16:36:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:39.318Z og:title: Here's Where You Can Get McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries og:description: It might be time for a road trip og:url: https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb61e85975248e91/69888f812dce019b5a9e8b19/mcdonalds-fries.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Views Of McDonald's Restaurants As McDonald's Japan Investigates Nuggets From Cargill's Thai Unit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Where You Can Get McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries twitter:description: It might be time for a road trip twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb61e85975248e91/69888f812dce019b5a9e8b19/mcdonalds-fries.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Where You Can Get McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries > Sponsored content. 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The restaurant, which has been dubbed a “[McDonald’s of the Future](http://time.com/4270687/mcdonalds-money-monopoly/?iid=sr-link8),” is expected to open in July and will offer several new features. In addition to the unlimited fries, customers will place their orders at digital kiosks that allow for customizable sandwiches and desserts, and then have their food delivered to their table. “There really are hundreds of different choices to build the [burger](http://time.com/4256294/molten-copper-poured-on-mcdonalds-big-mac/?iid=sr-link3) of your dreams,” owner Chris Habiger told [News-Press Now](http://www.newspressnow.com/news/business/article%5F2df37c84-24fc-5094-ae65-5e157019a0d6.html). “Once you’ve placed your order, you can find your seat because we’ll bring it out to you.” **Read More:** [McDonald’s Japan Serves Up the Biggest Mac of All Time](http://time.com/4279718/mcdonalds-japan-giga-big-mac/?iid=sr-link6) The location will also include seating options such as couches and arm chairs in hopes of creating a cozier dining experience. “Today’s customers seek a comfortable and inviting atmosphere,” Harbiger said. “So we’re committed to providing a modern look and feel to this restaurant.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/"},"headline":"Here's Where You Can Get McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries","datePublished":"2016-04-18T16:36:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:39.318Z","description":"It might be time for a road trip","url":"https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Mcdonald's","Fast Food","French Fries"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb61e85975248e91/69888f812dce019b5a9e8b19/mcdonalds-fries.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb61e85975248e91/69888f812dce019b5a9e8b19/mcdonalds-fries.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Views Of McDonald's Restaurants As McDonald's Japan Investigates Nuggets From Cargill's Thai Unit","caption":"McDonald's French Fries","creditText":"Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4297705/mcdonalds-all-you-can-eat-fries/","name":"Here's Where You Can Get McDonald's All-You-Can-Eat Fries"}}]}] ```