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That seems to be the direction they're moving. Several flagship McDonalds have popped up around NYC with fully self-serve computer ordering kiosks. I haven't been yet, but people are talking about them -- people who I've never heard talk about McDonalds before.

They've got a pretty big gulf of social-class-stigma to get past, but it seems like McDonalds is at the beginning of a comeback.

Delivery might be a guilty pleasure gateway.

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There is a McDonalds with a kiosk on my drive to work. The drive-through gets backed up out on to the street, so I started parking to go in. There's often a short line at the counter, but if you use the kiosk you can literally place your order within 20 seconds of stepping through the door.

Maybe it's because I grew up within a couple miles of the headquarters of McDonalds, but the only people I know that don't go to McDonalds are health nuts. That being said, the stores around here are way nicer than the ones I've gone to in other parts of the country. I think proximity to the HQ probably keeps the franchisees in line, plus there are a bunch of corporate owned stores which are amazing.

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