McDonald's space-themed spinoff restaurants,VAS Community CosMc's, will open a new location in Texas on Monday, coinciding with another cosmic event: the total solar eclipse.
"The out-of-this-world beverage experience is officially landing in Arlington to celebrate one of the biggest moments on the space calendar," the fast-food giant said in a news release announcing the new location that's just west of Dallas.
The Arlington, Texas, location joins two other retro small-format restaurants that recently opened in Texas, including one that opened Tuesday in the Fort Worth suburb of Watauga.
The first CosMc's debuted in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook in December, drawing customers who waited in line for hours. The chain announced plans to open several test-and-learn locations across the Dallas and San Antonio metro areas in the coming months.
The Arlington, Texas, location will host a free watch party for the solar eclipse on opening day. The location is in the path of totality, which extends along a narrow stretch of land in the U.S. from Texas to Maine.
McDonald's said guests at the celebration can receive the following:
Beyond its retro space aesthetic, CosMc's restaurants feature its own drink and treat menu. The chain introduced two new drinks to celebrate the Texas locations that will join the items available at the Illinois store.
Since the first CosMc's opened in Bolingbrook, Illinois, the following stores have opened in Texas:
Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge and Doyle Rice
2025-05-03 20:431582 view
2025-05-03 20:35614 view
2025-05-03 19:42896 view
2025-05-03 18:481129 view
2025-05-03 18:092036 view
2025-05-03 18:022263 view
PACCAR is recalling over 220,000 of its 2021-2025 Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. The commercial tru
Rania Abu Anza's twins, a boy and a girl, were conceived after she spent more than a decade and thre
Two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains will soon carry abortion pills, and while abortion advoc
