Vapiano

Vapiano is a fast casual pasta and pizza restaurant chain, based in Germany. The concept is a pizza and pasta bar, where food is made to order. Vapiano also has a bar, with alcoholic beverages available. Vapiano also serves made-to-order salads.

Vapiano employs a unique interface for customers order and pay for their food. Each diner is provided an RFID chip card that the customer waves in front of the counter when ordering food and drink. When the diner is finished, the card is waved in front of the register and the bill appears on the screen. Vapiano's decor reflects the restaurants high emphasis on freshness. All dough and pasta are manufactured on-site in a glass room so customers can watch while waiting in line. All of the herbs and salad greens are grown in an enclosed space in the dining area and various herbs an even trees grow in the middle of the dining tables.

Locations

Vapiano has numerous locations in Germany, along with locations in Moscow, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary. [cite web |url=http://www.vapianointernational.com/location.html |title=Vapiano - locations |publisher=Vapiano International |accessdate=2007-09-20] Vapiano opened a new location in early 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey.cite news |url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=74533 |title=A Fast Growing Restaurant Chain, Vapiano |publisher=Turkish Daily News |date=May 31, 2007] In 2007, Vapiano expanded into the U.S. market, opening restaurants in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area -- Dupont Circle, Ballston, Virginia, and Dulles Town Center. Another location is slated to open in D.C.'s Chinatown in September 2008. [cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060700631.html |title=Vapiano, a Fine European Import |author=Zibart, Eve |date=June 8, 2007 |publisher=The Washington Post]

References

External links

* [http://www.vapiano.de/index.php?lang=en Vapiano] (Germany)
* [http://www.vapianointernational.com/ Vapiano International]