Tag: metreon

  • The Metreon: Upper floors

    As the elevator doors slid open, I came to a place I’d never explored: the semi-secret upper floor of The Metreon — the floor above the movie theaters, a private event space known as The Aviary (formerly City View). Last month I wrote about the “backrooms” of the Metreon’s movie theater on the third floor.…

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  • Backrooms at the AMC Metreon

      The original version of the Metreon in San Francisco — before the second floor was renovated into a Target store — was a quirky place. Stores on the first two floors tended to focus on food and entertainment, and were often unusually shaped due to the aggressively ’90s architecture of the place. Years after…

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  • There’s now a Bitcoin ATM at the Metreon, because of course there is

    Recently a tipster informed me a Bitcoin ATM had appeared at the Metreon. Needless to say I had to check this out. If you’re looking for the machine it’s near Cafe-X, the robot espresso machine, as well as a vending machine that somehow makes “gourmet” ramen. So in theory you could trade in your Bitcoin…

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  • A robot barista charged me for health care

    Robots are handling food everywhere these days. Whether delivering falafel or attempting to scoop ice cream, there’s no escape from food robots in the Bay Area. All of which is fine with me: I, for one, welcome our new robot food service overlords. What I’m not fine with, however, are spurious surcharges. So imagine my…

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  • Metreon renovation

    Stopped by the Metreon lately? (No? Of course not.) Currently it’s being torn up, and almost everything is closed. The only two remaining establishments are the theater and the Japanese restaurant. Everything else is either gone or being rebuilt. Even Jillians is closed for renovation, despite signs everywhere claiming the opposite. The only two enterances…

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