This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. At Hudson Eats, an upscale food court in lower Manhattan, the bankers and ...

Gizmodo sat down with Chipotle founder Steve Ells to discuss Kernel, his new robot-powered restaurant to shake up the fast food game. Reading time 14 minutes I’m leaning against a teal lunch counter ...

There are two cooks, a hypeman, and a robot at Kernel on Park Avenue South, a new fast-casual restaurant that has been designed to automate everyone’s lunch. Kernel, which is also vegan, operates on a ...

Moments after receiving my lunch order, the robots whirred to life. A clawlike contraption lurched forward, like a bird pecking at feed, to snatch dishes holding a faux-chicken cutlet and potatoes, ...

Steve Ells, Founder of Kernel. Also Founder, former CEO and former Executive Chairman of Chipotle.. Photography by Benedict Evans Last June, Steve Ells,who founded Chipotle and launched the restaurant ...

In many ways, Kernel resembles other restaurants catering to office workers — it’s a vegan fast-casual joint sitting in an unassuming block of Manhattan, nestled between outposts of Paris Baguette and ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Kernel, the robot-powered fast-casual spot from ...

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Chipotle founder and ex-CEO Steve Ells is plotting a return to the fast-food scene — with a plant-based, robot-powered chain whose restaurants could operate with as few as three employees, The Post ...