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Abigail  O’Neill's avatar

Admittedly, I'm not quite sure how I feel about this piece, other than I admire it and will think about it the next time I enter a restaurant - and wish that most restaurants thought as much about their design as the author did about her topic. As I now will. Thanks -

Frank 4's avatar

This has filled me with a surprisingly large amount of dread.

Someone who wants to open a restaurant asking Ai, "how do I give my restaurant a soul?" "What is the best soul?" "How to be authentic?"

David Earle's avatar

I'm reminded of a semi-permanent taco trailer in the next town over. There is a table and crappy plastic chairs next to it where customers can enjoy greasy tacos while watching the water flow tranquilly in an adjacent concrete ditch. The ambiance is unmistakably third-world and I love it.