McDonald’s Meats

Clear Lake, United States

4.7

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11 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 320-743-2311
Website:
www.mcdonaldsmeats.com
Address:
8601 Main Ave, Clear Lake, MN, 55319
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes

Today

Today 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Clear Lake) 15:41 Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Business hours

Monday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Jerky, Sticks, Summer Sausage, Fresh & Smoked Sausages, Hams, Bacons, Full-​Service Meat Counter, Custom Processing, Wild Game Processing

History

Established in 1914.

McDonald’s Meats was started in 1914 by John Leo McDonald as McDonald’s Market. The business is currently in it’s 4th generation of family ownership. Travis McDonald, John Leo’s great grandson is the most recent member to run the shop which has been located same spot for over 100 years.

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11 reviews of McDonald’s Meats

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Place rating: 3
Woodbridge, VA
Walking in, you are wrapped in the aroma of smoke, spice, and meat. Heavenly scent!
Weekend hours are horrible (closed at 4 on a Saturday), and almost everything is overpriced. I’m from DC, and I can get hand crafted summer sausage cheaper, however, you know the items sold here are locally made.
All in all, it’s a great little home town place, and it’s supporting the local economy.
Place rating: 5
Peoria, IL
Award winning bacon… try the apple cinnamon, delicious maple and wild rice sausage links, homemade jerkies, and more meat than you can imagine in one little building. Its also like a little convenient store with bread, cheese, crackers, salami, even pigs ears for your dogs. The meat is high quality and a must stop every time we are driving through.
Place rating: 5
St Paul, MN
I stop here on my way home from Brainerd every summer. Fantastic selections of jerky, steaks, chops — you name it.
Place rating: 5
St Paul, MN
Italian-​sausage-​flavored bacon. Drive up there… immediately!
Place rating: 5
St Cloud, MN
McDonald’s Makes My Minnesota Magnificent Meat Markets Manifest.
(Say that five times fast.)
It ranks right up there with: St. Joseph, Shamps, Maneas, & Champion Meats.
Place rating: 5
Minneapolis, MN
I stop here on my way up north. This place is amazing. Enough said.
Place rating: 5
Andover, MN
Are you kidding me right now? Ive been going to this place for 15 years and I have never EVER been disappointed! Its perfect for people with cabins in the Lincoln Lakes, Brainerd Lakes area because its right off hwy 10 in Clear Lake at about the half way point between Minneapolis/​St Paul and your cabin. When you walk in just look at the walls because they are covered in awards. I personally love the taco brats, cheese hashbrowns stuffed chicken breast, and any of their steaks. You cant find a crazier selection of flavored brats anywhere in the state of MN. Make it a priority to stop here for all you BBQ needs!
Place rating: 4
Saint Paul, MN
I’ve driven by this place for years, noticed the signs proclaiming their beef jerky and always wondered how it was. I finally stopped and now I know: it’s not half bad.
Besides the jerky, McDonalds offers a good selection of meats. The porterhouse looked so good it had to be purchased. We were disappointed that they had no unfrozen pork ribs available. As you wander the store you can sample all kinds of things. I tried a «breakfast bratwurst» that had eggs and cheese mixed in with the meat. «That’s different,» as we say in Minnesota.
Outside there was a tent set up, from which they were selling grilled burgers, pork chops, brats, etc. It looked good and the prices were right, but we were still too full from breakfast to sample.
Worth a stop!
Place rating: 5
Minneapolis, MN
GREAT place to stop! They had tons of samples to try before you buy. We spent over $ 50 and easily could have doubled that. Such tasty snacks and great grilling meats. We loaded up on breakfast meats for our camping trip and bought some awesome jerky. The staff was so friendly and helpful. I only wish we’d happened upon it before we stopped for lunch because they were serving up some tasty lunch outside in the parking lot. Definitely keep that in mind if you drive by during a meal time. Yummy. We will definitely put that on our next itinerary when we head up north!
Place rating: 5
Saint Paul, MN
I used to stop by Thelen Meats which is still awesome, but McDonald’s has them beat.
Raspberry Chipotle bacon? Oh yeah. It really is tasty. And based upon all the award plaques they have on their wall shows that they consistenly kick butt on what they are cutting up.
Like the other review says, there is a ton of different jerky styles to choose from and excellent bbq sauces to choose from that you wouldn’t normally see in the cities.
If you are ever making the drive up north and have a chance to stop by, do so. You’ll be thankful you did.
Place rating: 5
New Haven, CT
Headed up to the lake, we decided to stop at this roadside cookout that happened to be run by the folks at the awesome McDonald’s meats. For a measly $ 3 you can get their ‘chop and a pop’ or a brat and a pop. We both went for the chop and it was amazing — a huge cut of excellent meat, seasoned perfectly, and grilled right before your eyes. Yum. Delicious and an excellent deal.
Plus the shop it self is pretty awesome — something like 20 kinds of homemade jerky, plenty o’ meat, and some absolutely amazing bacon.
I’m assuming the grilling is a summer thing, but the shop is awesome year round and I thought I should get the word out there. Though, from the honks we got, I think two blond chicks standing on the side of the road devouring pork chops with our bare hands is pretty good advertisement as well.