Elon Musk may be doing something with his retro, fantastic Tesla Diner.
With the sci-fi classics playing on a giant drive-in screen, the servers are dashing with roller skating, and EVs and robotics on display, it appears that Tesla's CEO has given a clue to Ultra Trendy.
An insider in the industry told Business Insider that over the next few years, many restaurants are cashless, using robots to interact with customers, and leaning towards old-school design elements. So, not every restaurant will be cloned Musk's latest business venture, West Hollywood, is the instant landmark.
“I think we'll start looking at a restaurant that's like a time capsule with this interesting reinterpretation. It's futuristic, but it has this nostalgia,” Alexis Readinger, founder of an architecture and design studio specializing in hospitality design, told Business Insider.
Reading has already designed a concept of a restaurant that fits the bill, combining a romantic reinterpretation of vintage design with the “techno apocalyptic shadow” elements. I think mid-century modernism will encounter Hollywood Regency mixed with “Mad Max” or “Blade Runner.”
Rendering of Lucia, a bar in Los Angeles. This embodies some of the nostalgia meat modern themes that are heading towards trends with new restaurant builds. Preen, Inc.
The trend offers customers a way to enjoy both classic and fresh design elements, Reading said.
And the droids are These facilities are undoubtedly permitted. At Tesla Diner, the Optimus Robot provided popcorn to guests, but staff gave complicated reports on whether there were human operators. Kura Sushi, an interactive conveyor belt restaurant that hinders the dining experience at Collective Swag, has a bot offering drinks and specialist orders. Chipotle has been deployed to improve autocado robots that cut avocado, cut core, peel avocado, and peel cores and peeled cores for guacamole, but McDonald's first robot restaurant opened in 2023.
“First casual and fast food are definitely optimized, and that's where the biggest automation with robotics happens,” SLD, president of branding company and design agency, told Business Insider. That's because for consumers in these categories, value comes from how quickly and cheaply they can provide filled meals, he added.
Trend now: Dinner
It is combined with advances in artificial intelligence and the burgeoning sentiment analysis. This determines how you can use AI to respond to you based on mood and voice tone and other contextual cues.
Currently, sentiment analysis is widely deployed in the banking and customer service sectors, usually with automated telephone lines, Lacroix said.
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Think about it the next time you scream “representative.”
“So, if you're really upset, the system picks up it and they won't let you wait,” Lacroix said. “At a restaurant you can analyze that you are coming to a birthday party and decide how you want to experience it. That shareable and memorable experience of a birthday party is a very different experience than if you were on a date for the first time.”
Bo Davis, CEO of restaurant tech company Mergedge and founder of Wasabisushi, has already led to new menu innovations as they deploy artificial intelligence to analyze data such as purchase details, food corruption rates, and consumer trends for staff on the back.
Imagine what a chef can prepare, knowing that strawberries are on sale. Add a trend to Tiktok and there's a special for the night.
“(a) Can I take your order?”
Order kiosks are already the standard for high-speed casual chains, and downloading menus and paying via QR codes is a popular way elsewhere. However, with advances in AI's rapid scaling, ordering and payment systems are on the verge of a complete overhaul.
AIFI CEO Steve Carlin told Business Insider that Cashierless Transactions is becoming increasingly accessible through improvements in spatial AI. His company uses camera systems that are less noticeable than existing security cams to help retail spaces and restaurants track and predict consumer behavior. So you can enter a quick service location like Starbucks, grab a ready-made meal or drink, and head out without having to swipe your card at all.
AIFI's camera-only checkout system has already been implemented at Nissan Stadium, home to Tennessee Titan. Whole Foods has its own cashierless checkout technology, which simply involves scanning the palm of a customer to accept payments. Carlin said similar technologies are currently being adopted in the restaurant industry.
And AI will soon become the norm for ordering at fast casual, prompt service restaurants, experts told Business Insider.
Krishna Gupta, co-founder of Presto, the AI-driven automation provider for drive-thru restaurants, told Business Insider that she hopes there will be no human operators taking drive-thru orders within the next three years. This technology has already been deployed in major chains like Carl's Jr. and Hardee's.
These advances may not take over the industry overnight, but they have moved from running tests to wider adoption, simmering towards the mainstream before most diners realize that the heat is rising, and steadily gaining position.
Justin Falciola, former CTO of CKE Restaurant and Papa John's, is currently president of digital food sales software Deliverect. He told Business Insider that AI and other innovations are only damaging the surface of how they reconstruct the average dining experience.
“We're in this moment, things are moving very fast. It's like when the iPhone came out, and three years after it came out, you say, 'Did it just happen?' – I think we're literally in that moment in the restaurant industry,” Falciola said.
Kitchen printer
If the robot server and AI order taker are not futuristic enough, wait until the chef prints out the dinner.
“3D printing displayed in Star Trek? Do you know where they punch buttons and food comes out?
Two-dimensional edible printers already exist on a commercial scale and can print images on foods with edible ink. Several HealthTech startups and major institutions, including NASA, are seeking ways to expand 3D printing technology to manufacture meals using edible filaments.
Several companies, such as Nanotronics and Mattershift, are working on technology that allows particles to be repositioned, ranging from food and drink to fertilizer and batteries.
“Talking about customizing NERT,” Lacroix said. “They will be able to print your steak and cook it at the temperature you want, with the right amount of fat for you.”
Retro look. Robot cooking. Food: The final frontier.
