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Linkfest: Germany's 'Robot' Restaurant

Germany is responsible for many of the inventions we use every day. They invented bottled aspirin, the airship, the printing press, the diesel engine and, now, the automated restaurant.
The dining area looks similar to a roller coaster, with metal tracks criss-crossing in and out of the tables. Customers use touch-screens to order food and wait for their meals to slide in on metal tracks.

To see a video of Germany's automated "robot" restaurant, check out the BPP's Most.

Germany's "robot" restaurant/ South Philadelphia steak shop threatens city lawsuit/ Italy makes it hard for jailbirds to stay in jail/ A Ukrainian pop star's would-be revolution/ U.S. water pipelines are breaking

Will Hoffman

8:22 AM ET | 04- 9-2008 | permalink

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South Philadephia steak shop sign:
Joey Venuto???s sign is regretful and reflects poorly on Americans. Moreover, the two-year investigation concerning Venuto???s sign is a waste of the public???s money. The best course of action is to stop patronizing his restaurant. Economics will bring the sign down and broaden Joey???s world view.
Lee Marchman

Sent by Lee Marchman | 12:15 PM ET | 04-10-2008

1) Rachel, please say "restaurant owner", "restaurant proprietor" or "restaurateur", not "restauranteur". I expect only the best from you!
2) Ruslana was Ukraine's entry in the Eurovision song contest in 2004 (she won).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x7CatMaINE
So why not a show on Eurovision? There are so many wonderful cheeses in Europe, but this is the cheesiest!

Sent by Marc Naimark | 11:58 AM ET | 04-13-2008

"Right now the language is vague. It's arbitrary and violates every person's rights in the city that are subject to it," said Shannon Goessling, Vento's attorney.

I think Shannon's gonna have trouble getting served at Geno's.

Sent by Marc Naimark | 12:14 PM ET | 04-13-2008

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