McDermots

McDermots is a popular fast food restaurant location that is featured across different series and books. Many cities have at least one McDermots as they are part of the same business franchise.

Background
McDermots offers a variety of fast food options such as the McBurger, the McFish 'n Chips, and the Triple Cheese McNachos. They also offer a variety of sodas or soft drinks, and McMaltShakes. Most of the time, the standalones also have a small playground on their premises. Other times, they are part of a mall's food court.

America's Most Eligible: Wedding Edition (Determinant)
In Chapter 5, after Your Character (America's Most Eligible) and your wedding party sample wedding cake flavors, you and your fiance/e have the option to take your wedding party out to lunch. If you do, you all go to McDermots and introduce Slater Dominguez and Eden Labelle to junk food.

Baby Bump, Book 1
After the Governor's Ball, Your Character (Baby Bump) and your friends decide to go out for some greasy fast food.

Big Sky Country, Book 2 (Determinant)
In Chapter 2, if Your Character (Big Sky Country) decides to take Brooklynne Shao-Oakley to get a makeover, you drive her to Billings and you two shop in its one and only mall. After she picks out some clothes, you two chat at the food court which has a McDermots.

Bloodbound, Book 2 (Determinant)
In Chapter 15, if Your Character (Bloodbound) decides to spend time with Lily Spencer at the rundown abandoned mall before the battles with Priya Lacroix and later with Gaius Augustine, you follow Lily to the food court which has a McDermots amongst its food options. You help her sample and raid all the forgotten food you two can find.

High School Story, Book 3
In Chapter 12, after Your Character (High School Story) and your friends find your prom outfits, you all stop by the mall's McDermots for lunch.

Mother of the Year
In Chapter 5, if Your Character (Mother of the Year) does not wear the premium outfit to the restaurant that Guy Ledford and Faye Devore take you and your daughter to, the waiter is snobby and suggests you visit McDermots located a few blocks away.

In Chapter 13, after you watch Thomas Mendez argue in court against Marconi Automotive, you two take your daughters to McDermots for ice cream.

Open Heart: Second Year (Determinant)
In Chapter 8, if Your Character (Open Heart) decides to accompany Bryce Lahela and his sister Keiki to the mall, you let Keiki go off on her own for a little while and Bryce texts her to meet you two back at the food court, where you get fries.

Perfect Match, Book 2
In Chapters 7 and 8, Your Character (Perfect Match), Hayden Young, Damien Nazario, and Sloane Washington go over your plans to infiltrate Eros's San Francisco office to implement a safety feature into match software. You all sit at a McDermots before you sneak into new intern orientation.

The Sophomore, Book 2
In Chapter 3, Your Character (The Freshman) and Becca Davenport stop by McDermots for lunch during her lunch break from Uskea.

The Junior, Book 1
In Chapter 9, after you and Becca fight for her law school admissions, you two stop by a McDermots for chicken nuggets. The manager also tells Becca that her sister Alexis just won Employee of the Month.

The Senior (Determinant)
When you have a fight with your love interest or Zack Zilberg and call your father to pick you up and take you home, he suggests stopping by McDermots for a break.

The Royal Romance, Book 2 (Determinant)
In Chapter 15, if Your Character (The Royal Romance) decides to take Hana Lee out to explore New York City, you two stop at McDermots and you introduce her to fast food. Unlike most people, when you suggest she dip her french fries in her milkshake, she loves the sweet and salty combination.

Queen B, Book 2
In Chapter 11, Your Character (Queen B) meets Professor Kingsley to get information from the latter about X's minions. It is there where Lexi Montgomery takes a video of your meeting and gives it to X, which leads to Professor Kingsley's dismissal from Belvoire University and your expulsion.

My Two First Loves
It is mentioned that the football coach is so serious that he once left the team at McDermots after an away game when they didn't take him seriously about only having ten minutes to eat their dinner.

Foreign Affairs
In Chapter 3, Your Character (Foreign Affairs) mentions McDermots had discontinued Tatum Mendoza's favorite rib sandwich.

Trivia

 * McDermots is the Choices's version of McDonald's.