Bride serves McDonald’s patrons in marriage ceremony costume whereas getting married: ‘Handing out additional sauces’

A Northeast Ohio McDonald’s restaurant was remodeled into a marriage venue final Saturday as two co-workers mentioned “I do” in entrance of mates, household, fellow staff and the occasional buyer.

“We had people trying to come in the lobby the whole time,” regardless of the eating room being closed to the general public for the ceremony and reception, bride Jamie Callicoat, of Akron, Ohio, informed Fox News Digital this week after marrying co-worker George Callicoat.

“I was handing out extra sauces to an actual customer in my wedding dress.”

Some clients made it to the kiosks inside to order, and the drive-thru remained open all through the celebration. Everyone — together with unsuspecting clients — “rolled with the punches,” Jamie mentioned.

“It’s still work, if you’re there off the clock, on the clock, whatever,” she mentioned. “We were there interrupting to have our personal wedding.”

The intimate ceremony has since gone viral on-line.

“Social media content surrounding the wedding has already generated more than 20 million impressions across Instagram and Facebook, with the story continuing to spread,” McDonald’s of Northeast Ohio mentioned in a information launch.

“We kind of figured it would get some attention, but this is just unreal,” Jamie mentioned of the response.

The newlyweds had been again at work on the Tuesday after their wedding as clients and others who frequent the restaurant started congratulating them.

“Our Brinks guys, who come and pick up our money, came in and they both walked right up to us and said, ‘Oh my gosh, we’ve seen the video. Congratulations!’” Jamie mentioned.

“It’s wild. It’s really fun, though.”

Jamie is a supervisor on the McDonald’s the place she wed George, the restaurant’s crew coach.

The pair met by mutual mates at Cedar Point in Ohio in June 2025 and went on just a few dates. When Jamie moved to Akron and commenced working on the McDonald’s in October 2025, George skilled her.

Jamie mentioned George’s persona drew her to him.

“We just get along very well,” she mentioned. “I love everything about George. He’s a great guy.”

“I love everything about her,” George informed Fox News Digital. “She is a wonderful person, very caring, very kind.”

The pair turned engaged at Cedar Point and initially deliberate to get married there, too. Then a district supervisor jokingly recommended they tie the knot on the McDonald’s the place they each work.

“We thought about it for a day or so and went back and were like, ‘Well, were you guys serious?’” Jamie recalled. “And one thing kind of led to another, and here we are.”

The celebration turned a group effort, McDonald’s mentioned in its information launch.

“Crew members and managers came together to help make the couple’s wedding day special, providing dinner, a wedding cake and other touches for the celebration,” McDonald’s mentioned. “Even the officiant had a McDonald’s connection: the husband of the restaurant’s general manager performed the ceremony.”

McDonald’s offered the venue, and regardless of finally holding a bigger celebration than the destination-style marriage ceremony that they had initially envisioned, Jamie mentioned the ceremony was “cost-effective.”

The couple dealt with among the decorations and meals themselves. Guests had been served pulled barbecue rooster, buffalo rooster dip, selfmade rigatoni and fried rooster, whereas the children ate recent McDonald’s meals.

Even the flower lady acquired a McDonald’s contact, tossing petals from a Happy Meal field.

“That was my decision, mostly,” Jamie mentioned. “I mean, we work at McDonald’s. I thought it was cute.”

The official Instagram account for McDonald’s commented on a video of the ceremony, writing, “A modern day love story.”

“Congrats to them on their McMarriage!” wrote one other well-wisher. “‘Forever After All’ and we’re McLovin’ it.”

One commenter even joked about McDonald’s notoriously finicky soft-serve machines, however George mentioned theirs wasn’t an issue.

“Ours is always working, unless it’s being cleaned,” he mentioned.

Tammy Snider, the placement’s basic supervisor, mentioned it was “so much more than a wedding at a McDonald’s.”

“It’s a story about two people in love and a restaurant team that wanted to make sure they felt celebrated,” Snider mentioned. “Our restaurants are places where friendships are made, milestones are celebrated and communities come together. George and Jamie’s wedding is such a beautiful example of that.”

Jamie known as it a “perfect” consequence.

“We had a great time,” she mentioned. “Our co-workers are amazing, our bosses are amazing and McDonald’s is amazing for allowing us to do this.”