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Dislike talking to people during your lunch hour? You may become a regular at a forthcoming downtown eatery. Eatsa, a fast casual shop that employs iPads to take customer orders, is opening downtown on November 29.
The shop serves made-to-order quinoa bowls, which customers can order through iPads on-site or through their phones. Then, they wait for their names to be displayed on a cubbyhole to grab their food and go.
On a less-trafficked day, it could take about 60 to 90 seconds for customers to get their food, and on a busier day, it can take up to five minutes, Eatsa co-founder Tim Young told CNET.
You can check out entire the process below.
D.C.’s outpost will be located at 1627 K Street NW, and it’ll be the chain’s largest restaurant in the country.
Among other options, the restaurant will offer its teriyaki Bento Bowl with edamame, stir-fry quinoa and apple-cabbage slaw, as well as its Burrito Bowl with guacamole, asada portobello mushrooms and tortilla chips. Because they’re not hiring a lot of humans, the West Coast supplier offers bowls starting at $6.95 .
The space will also offer coffee and tea, in addition to fresh fruit, yogurt parfaits, and other small breakfast items.
The shop debuted in San Francisco last year. It’s also in Los Angeles, and has plans to infiltrate New York. While the company says the automated experience allows for faster service, the “line for robot food” has been out the door in the past.
