203 Claudio Zampiga waits for his order at the first automatic pizza vending machine, which is capable of kneading, seasoning and cooking the pizza in three minutes, in Rome, Italy. (REUTERS/Yara Nardi)
ROME, May 16
Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy s most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.
Buyers using the flaming red Mr. Go Pizza machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.
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Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy’s most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine that slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.
Buyers using the flaming red “Mr. Go Pizza” machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2; Dh19.92-26.56). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.
Reviews by customers on Thursday of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from “acceptable if you’re in a hurry” to outright horror.
Photo: Filippo Monteforte (Getty Images)
The idea of a pizza vending machine doesn’t sound half bad, but setting up one in Italy, where they practically
invented pizza? Now that’s a recipe for disaster.
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One of Rome’s first automatic pizza dispensers, “Mr. Go Pizza,” was recently installed in Piazza Bologna. In three minutes, it cooks four different types of pizza costing from about $5.40 to $7.20 (4.50 to 6 Euros). After the machine kneads the dough and adds toppings, customers can watch their pie cook behind a small glass window.
Locals are not impressed, to say the least. On Thursday, Reuters reported that customer reviews ranged from “acceptable if you’re in a hurry” to outright horror.
Reuters • Updated 25th May 2021
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(Reuters) Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy s most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.
Buyers using the flaming red Mr. Go Pizza machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.20 $7.20). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.
Reviews by customers on Thursday of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from acceptable if you re in a hurry to outright horror.
Photo: Filippo Monteforte (Getty Images)
Here at
The A.V. Club, we’re generally pretty skeptical of the latest poorly dancing, pumpkin-carving, wordlessly screaming developments in the field of robotics. That said, a newly unveiled pizza vending machine fills us with a sense of optimism for the future of our species that, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to be shared by its first customers in Rome, Italy.
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The Mr. Go Pizza machine is a marvel of modern engineering. After a customer selects one of its varieties, which range in price from €4.50 to €6, the good Signore Pizza kneads, seasons, tops, and cooks a fresh pizza in three minutes. The whole process is visible through a little window. It’s great.