McDonalds brings back cult-favorite McRib…
Fast food aficionados will rejoice with the return of a beloved sandwich later this month — but it’ll only be for shoppers in choose cities.
McDonald’s is bringing back its McRib sandwich beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27, though USA Today confirms it would only be obtainable in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Dallas.
The fast food giant also confirmed the McRib shall be obtainable in St. Louis, Seattle and Cleveland, and clients are suggested to verify the McDonald’s app to see which places the McRib is on the market in.
Fast food aficionados will rejoice with the return of a beloved sandwich later this month — but it would only be for shoppers in choose cities. Gado via Getty Images
McDonald’s is bringing back its McRib sandwich beginning Tuesday, though USA Today confirms it would only be obtainable in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Dallas. Getty Images
The fast food chain even teased the news on its verified X account Thursday with a somewhat cryptic tweet: “Are u a mcRib bc ur really playing hard to get.”
are u a McRib bc ur actually enjoying onerous to get— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) October 22, 2026
While those cities had been confirmed by the restaurant, clients have been reporting McRib sightings at local eating places all over the nation, according to the aptly named web site McRib Locator.
Customers have reported buying a McRib in cities such as San Antonio; Charlotte, N.C.; Pittsburgh; Scottsdale, Arizona; El Paso, Texas and Columbus, Ohio, to identify just a few.
The news comes just a week after The Independent reported the barbecue-slathered pork sandwich shall be returning to United Kingdom eating places at the end of October as properly, after a near-decade absence.
The McRib first debuted in 1981, first provided as a limited-time offering in Kansas City before increasing nationwide, developed by René Arend, the Luxembourg native who invented Chicken McNuggets in 1979.
The boneless pork patty is formed like a small rack of ribs, dipped in barbecue sauce and served on a hoagie-style bun with pickles and slivered onions.
The McRib debuted in 1981, first launched as a limited-time offering in Kansas City before increasing nationwide. PA Images via Getty Images
Arend revealed in a 2010 Maxim magazine interview that the overwhelming success of his Chicken McNuggets in the end led to the creation of the McRib.
“The McNuggets were so well received that every franchise wanted them. There wasn’t a system to supply enough chicken,” Arend said at the time.
“We had to come up with something to give the other franchises as a new product. So the McRib came about because of the shortage of chickens,” he continued, including that Southern barbecue impressed the sandwich. “I had just come back from Charleston, South Carolina, where I ate sandwiches made from pulled pork. I said to myself, ‘Something with that flavor should really go over.’”
It was in the end eliminated from the menu for the first time in 1985, due to low gross sales, but McDonald’s introduced it back in 1989, where it could stay as a fixture of the menu until 2005.
Arend revealed in a 2010 interview that the overwhelming success of his Chicken McNuggets in the end led to the creation of the McRib. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Despite a “Farewell Tour” publicity marketing campaign in November 2005, McDonald’s would in the end carry back the sandwich on restricted foundation between 2007 and 2012.
The chain has introduced the McRib back for annual, temporary choices every yr since 2014, with last yr’s offering also bringing the return of another long-lost dessert: the Holiday Pie.
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