Nancy Ngo

Twin Cities

Food Editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune

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Restaurant Robots Are Here to Serve You

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Nancy Ngo

These robots are commonly seen in Asian countries and now they are serving at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities. 4/11/2025Updated: 4/11/2025By Nancy Ngo The Minnesota Star TribuneMINNEAPOLIS—Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook, and clean, tasks they’ve been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they’re working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

1 week ago | uniondemocrat.com | Nancy Ngo

Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they’ve been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they’re working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans. “I really hope America leans into this type of automation.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

2 weeks ago | hastingstribune.com | Nancy Ngo

MINNEAPOLIS -- Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they've been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they're working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Nancy Ngo

By Nancy Ngo, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS -- Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they've been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they're working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

2 weeks ago | star-telegram.com | Nancy Ngo

MINNEAPOLIS -- Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they've been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they're working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans. "I really hope America leans into this type of automation.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Nancy Ngo

MINNEAPOLIS -- Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they've been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they're working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans. "I really hope America leans into this type of automation.
Restaurant robots are here to serve you

2 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Nancy Ngo

MINNEAPOLIS -- Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they’ve been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they’re working at a dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities and it appears they are here to stay. Those in the industry say this new dining frontier is about finding ways for the technology to co-exist, not to pit robots against humans. “I really hope America leans into this type of automation.
Historic Roseville Dairy Queen has a new owner, but it won't be a DQ

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Nancy Ngo

Restaurateur Tim Hughes, who was born and raised in Roseville, said he's inked a deal to take over the small 1947 structure with a walk-up window, outdoor seating and neon lights along Lexington Avenue, north of Larpenteur Avenue. With that comes both good news and perhaps bad news for fans of the longstanding spot: It will be an ice cream shop, but not a Dairy Queen as Hughes had hoped. "I reached out to DQ and they're uninterested" in reopening it as a Dairy Queen, he said.
Italian restaurants in the works for Minneapolis and Eden Prairie

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Nancy Ngo

When it comes to the idea of more Italian eateries in the metro, that's amore according to these restaurateurs who plan to dish up pastas and more to Twin Cities diners: The Sonder Shaker in Minneapolis is shifting gears from fusion to casual Italian. Co-owner Erik Stadstad said that when they opened seven years ago, there weren't many places in the area doing what they were doing: craft cocktails and a mix of cuisines.
3 new foods to eat at CHS Field when at a Saints game this season

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Nancy Ngo

The St. Paul Saints' new season kicks off at home this weekend, and with that comes the perennial rollout of new foods at CHS Field. First things first: There's an enormous, 6-foot-long monster hot dog (OK, it's actually six footlong dogs) topped with pulled pork, mac and cheese AND bacon. It's called "The Land of 10,000 Calories," and will be delivered to your seats, seeing as how it requires at least two servers to carry it on a wooden board. Fries and jalapeno poppers come on the side.