The Quiz: What fast-food spot was the set for McDowell’s in “Coming to America”?
Chick-fil-A
Wendy’s
Taco Bell
Dairy Queen
After Prince Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy) arrives in America, he starts working at fast food restaurant McDowell’s. While it’s clearly a play on McDonald’s in the film, it was filmed at a different fast food restaurant: Wendy’s. The Queens Boulevard location in New York City continued operating for 25 years until the building was torn down to make way for a six-story luxury apartment building.
The correct answer to this quiz is Wendy’s.