{"id":5498,"date":"2018-01-24T05:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T05:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2023-07-12T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:56:14","slug":"robot-barista-cafe-expands-to-second-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/technology\/robot-barista-cafe-expands-to-second-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot barista cafe expands to second location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/39157354474\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4747\/39157354474_8f2112414f.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe X at Market and Second\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/28088066399\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4710\/28088066399_e6ab5ea61b_m.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe X at Market and Second\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/28088066669\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4769\/28088066669_c58beb985e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe X at Market and Second\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A while back I visited Cafe X in San Francisco&#8217;s Metreon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/technology\/a-robot-barista-charged-me-for-health-care\/\">only to find its robot barista charged me for health care.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought for sure the novelty would wear off quickly, but it seems every time I&#8217;m at the Metreon there&#8217;s still a bunch of people gawking at the robot arm shuffling cups around. I&#8217;ve even ordered a couple more times myself when I was too desperate for coffee to wait in Blue Bottle&#8217;s notoriously long line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But still, I never expected to see another Cafe X robot barista. Well, I was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night as I headed home I noticed something unexpected: a new Cafe X location at a small storefront on Market Street near Second Street. Despite walking by frequently somehow I hadn&#8217;t noticed the signs going up. I peered in the window and sure enough, there was the robot, sitting still, waiting for an order to be placed. A paper sign on the window indicated the grand opening was the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to this morning and I decided to stop by and grab a coffee on the way to work. The place was busy, but I breezed through the gawking crowds, fired up the Cafe X app on my phone, and ordered a cappuccino. A few moments later the robot arm gave me my coffee and I headed to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, yet again a robot charged me for health care. Perhaps it&#8217;s time to embrace our future of robots and spurious surcharges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I visited Cafe X in San Francisco&#8217;s Metreon only to find its robot barista charged me for health care. I thought for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Robot barista cafe expands to second location - MrEricSir.com","description":"A while back I visited Cafe X in San Francisco's Metreon only to find its robot barista charged me for health care. 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