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Bill Chappell

CosMc's lands in Illinois, as McDonald's tests its new coffee-centered concept

CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. (McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR)

If you were alive in the 1980s, and you're nostalgic for one of the least well-known McDonald's mascot characters, the hamburger chain's new restaurant concept is calling your name: CosMc's. The company says it first "test site" is opening in Illinois this month, serving up coffee, frappes and quick bites.

In McDonald's lore, CosMc (it's pronounced like "cosmic") was a six-handed alien known for getting grabby with burgers, which he wanted to take back to his home world after visiting Earth for a "trade mission."

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