Here’s an odd question: Where’s the calmest place to eat ice cream? Some would say by the seaside, but you forget about the seagulls swooping down on you.
Straight from an Ice Cream Van in a park is a good idea, but there’s every chance a stray football can snap your cone in half.
My answer now is one which might shock you: Eastlands McDonald’s. That’s because the fast food eatery, in the shadow of the Etihad, has recently started playing classical music in the afternoons. READ MORE: 'I quit my 9 to 5 to help people save money - these are the most common mistake people are making' It’s a move that’s been seen in other McDonald’s outlets across the country, and one which now has reached the outskirts of Manchester city centre.
In a brave journalistic expedition for the Manchester Evening News, I went to the restaurant to see how it compares eating with both pop and classical music playing.
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