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I have doubts on the quality and how automated a 1930s restaurant could have been.

• ac29 1y ago
  They are talking about automating the serving process, not the cooking process. Specifically, you can read about Automats, which were basically early vending machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
  • lotsofpulp 1y ago
    I don’t understand how this could materially reduce costs compared to current restaurants where you order on the screen and pick up your tray at the counter when your name/number is called.
    • pydry 1y ago
      They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015. The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years.
      • lotsofpulp 1y ago
        That automation was nowhere near equivalent to today’s automation.