Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:39 PM
GOOGLE SKETCHUP 3D BASECAMP, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA--Think of the typical shopping mall food court. Now think of such a place in Neiman Marcus or Saks Fifth Avenue. Now imagine all the food is free. That's Charlie's Cafe, the largest "cafeteria" at Google. It was a mob scene for a few minutes as all the 3D Basecamp attendees crowded in to chow down.
There is a tomato scare in the US this week, but not at Charlie's Cafe. A cook told me they private-source most of their fresh vegetables, including tomatoes. So I swarmed the salad bar and had tomatoes along with the marinated mushrooms and the other stuff.
--RSN