McDonald's on East 2nd Street in Winter Haven gets new signs and kitchen work
Where it is. On East 2nd Street in Winter Haven, under 100 feet from McDonalds Restaurant and about 550 feet from Wahneta Pizza. Distance measured from map data, October 2026.
Two of the places within a quarter mile, nearest first; the nearest large store is kept when there is one. Straight-line distance between the mapped points. Restaurant locations geocoded from the Florida DBPR active food-service licence file, read Oct 15, 2026.
A McDonald's at 116 E 2nd St in Winter Haven has worked through a stack of permits for new signage, drive-thru equipment and kitchen fire suppression.
Over 2025, a McDonald's at 116 E 2nd St in Winter Haven filed a long run of permits tied to new signage and drive-thru upgrades — wall signs on all four elevations, an 'M' road pylon sign, digital menu and presell boards, springboard canopies, a clearance bar and a flagpole. Several were completed (the north, west and east wall signs and the pylon sign), while others were denied or expired and refiled as the paperwork sorted itself out.
In October 2025 the kitchen's hood fire-suppression system was permitted and marked complete, and land-development sureties and a warranty deed for the site have moved through the county. Taken together, the records point to a McDonald's being built out or fully reworked at this location.
The records don't give an opening date or spell out whether this is a brand-new restaurant or a rebuild of an existing one.
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aca-prod.accela.com BC-2025-194 — north elevation wall signs (Closed-Complete)
aca-prod.accela.com BC-2025-391 — 'M' road pylon sign (Closed-Complete)
aca-prod.accela.com LDSUR-2025-144 — McDonald's Warranty Deed (Surety Active)
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