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The History of Revolving Restaurants

Paging through Invention & Technology last night, I came across a story on the history of revolving restaurants. The first one was built in Hawaii, but the one that really captured the country's imagination and spurred development was the one built into Seattle's Space Needle: On opening day everything worked well except that the continuous rotation confused waiters and guests. Harry Mullikin, who was in charge of setting up the restaurant, commented, “When the waitress went into the kitchen she would come back out with no idea where her table had gone. Guests had the same problem. They would get up to go to the restroom but when they came back they couldn’t find their tables.” The dining area...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 9, 2007 at 8:30 AM
Tagged: revolving restaurants, Seattle, Space Needle