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Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by matwood »

DanielStraight wrote: post #22
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think The Melt is doing this right, but it could be useful. Let's say you ordered it from an app that sends the restaurant your GPS coordinates at the time of the order. It then continues to send your coordinates as you travel to the restaurant. On their end their software computes an estimated arrival time allowing them to precisely time cooking to be fresh and ready for you to eat when you arrive.

That makes a lot more sense. I still don't think I'd use it ("fast food isn't fast enough" is not a complaint I've ever made), but at least I can understand why someone would.

I think you're right in a traditional fast food sense (McDs, Wendy's, etc...), but there are a lot of sorta fast food restaurants around now. I'm thinking a Chipotle, Noodles, Panera type of business their customers could make use of ordering from a phone.

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by matwood »

hugh3 wrote: post #27
bh42222 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know... that sounds doable. Quadcopter are very fast and can go very far before they lose power. And a single sandwich is not a very heavy load. If you are outdoors and can give it your GPS coordinates, a single restaurant/quadcopter port, could serve a very large area.

Given advances in ballistics I think a grilled cheese cannon would work just as well, and be cheaper.

I would be blowing $$$/week ordering grilled cheeses for unsuspecting friends.

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by blacksmythe »

hugh3 wrote: post #6

Well, I do like grilled cheese, and I'm happy to have five more opening in the SF Bay Area (please be Berkeley, please be Berkeley) but... really? Sequoia Capital funds grilled cheese restaurants nowadays? I mean, apart from anything else it's going to make 'em look especially silly if it fails. I can see the annual report now. "This year we made $50 billion from five IPOs in the computer-aided drug discovery, comput…

More realistically, "We made $2 billion from five IPOs in the computer-aided drug discovery, computational nanotech, and metamaterials sectors. We have 20 modestly profitable companies (including a grilled cheese chain), and we wrote off investments in over a hundred other companies."

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by jhamburger »

timtadh wrote: post #24

I know restaurant names are often re-used, but I wanted point out there is already an awesome gourmet grilled cheese restaurant called "Melt".[1] see http://www.meltbarandgrilled.com [1] I guess he called his "The Melt" edit: first hit in Google for "The Melt" as well.

There was also a contestant on America's Next Great Restaurant with this idea:

http://meltworks.com/

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by brk »

hugh3 wrote: post #26
timtadh wrote: post #24

I know restaurant names are often re-used, but I wanted point out there is already an awesome gourmet grilled cheese restaurant called "Melt".[1] see http://www.meltbarandgrilled.com [1] I guess he called his "The Melt" edit: first hit in Google for "The Melt" as well.

Fun exercise: find a Mongolian Barbecue that isn't called "Genghis Khan".

http://www.gomongo.com/

What do I win?

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by davidw »

hugh3 wrote: post #10
davidw wrote: post #8

I make a pretty mean sandwich, with oven-fresh bread, mozzarella, tomatoes, and prosciutto, with a bit of salt and pepper for seasoning. Anyone care to fund me? I'll name my shop "Panini Veri" (non quelle schifezze spacciate per panini italiani!)

Hmm, I think I'd need to try a sample before I invested...

All you have to do is drop by Padova. Wine, as per the other comment below, is included.

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by hugh3 »

brk wrote: post #36
hugh3 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun exercise: find a Mongolian Barbecue that isn't called "Genghis Khan".

http://www.gomongo.com/ What do I win?

You win a free meal at a delicious Mongolian Barbecue!

It's called the Genghis Khan. Just go there and tell 'em I sent you.

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

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Post by pitdesi »

hugh3 wrote: post #6

Well, I do like grilled cheese, and I'm happy to have five more opening in the SF Bay Area (please be Berkeley, please be Berkeley) but... really? Sequoia Capital funds grilled cheese restaurants nowadays? I mean, apart from anything else it's going to make 'em look especially silly if it fails. I can see the annual report now. "This year we made $50 billion from five IPOs in the computer-aided drug discovery, comput…

No Berkeley in the first four: Downtown, Lower Market, Bay Bridge, Palo Alto... http://themelt.com/locations
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