Don't stop at McRib; bring back McDLT

By Todd Franko (Contact)

Published October 25, 2011

McDonald's announced today that the McRib sandwich is coming back.

It launched in 1982 and came off the national market in 1994. There’s apparently a fan club for it, with Facebook pages and such. So congrats to them.

I want the McDLT to come back: “The hot stays hot and the cool stays crisp.”

Actor Jason Alexander touted in a commercial that it could be the greatest hamburger ever. I believed him back then in 1985. Then McD’s moved on to other varieties of the stoic lettuce, tomato and cheese burgers — Big N’ Tasty, Big Xtra, The Boss and others.

Apparently, it was the novel two-compartment packaging that did it in as America discovered granola and green living in the 90s.

But the McDLT always stuck with me. Perhaps it was Jason Alexander dancing in a “Miami Vice” jacket.

Please come back ...