I wonder if he was inspired by NYC's Underground Grilled Cheese: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1713815
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#62All the restaurant-related startups and announcements lately are an almost-daily reminder for me that when you have a good idea, jump on it. Ah well. I didn't have the contacts to pull it off, and it was only half an idea. :)
If you ask me, screw the grilled cheese restaurant. A grilled cheese van would be a licence to print money, second only to a cupcake van.
Move to Los Angeles, we got one.
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#63It would be even cooler if a quadcopter delivered your grilled cheese sandwich within minutes no matter where you were. Why doesn't that exist yet?
This is an interesting idea and some of the other commenters did a good job of fleshing it out a little, but IIRC it is illegal to operate a UAV in the US unless you can take manual control at any time and so long as the UAV is always within the "operator's" eyesight.
It's actually even more difficult than that. I participated in a UAV project in Idaho, and we had to secure airspace for the UAV, prove that if radio comms went down, the UAV would immediately go into a death spiral (to prevent it continuing on to a populated area), have a fully licensed pilot to guide it when not in automated mode, and who knows how many other requirements.
At this point, the FAA is _very_ serious about UAV safety, IMHO with good reason. Even with our extremely safe controls, we had one UAV crash due to launcher failure, and another get stuck up in the air a long distance away due to a sudden thunderstorm that rolled into our area.
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#64Best. Headline. Ever.
I don't understand the downvotes I'm getting. I really did enjoy the headline. It tells an awesome story in a tiny amount of space, and it makes me smile every time I read it.
It's even got a main character, an interesting plot, and a twist ending!
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#65I 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".
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#66I 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.flattopgrill.com/ you're right - that was fun!
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#68I was thinking of starting a company that sells pet supplies to retail customers by way of a website. Think I'll be able to secure VC funding?
What's your social integration like?
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Chipotle already has an app that lets you order your burrito directly, pay from the phone, and skip the line to pick it up.