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Monica at an establishment called The
Old Ven ice NQodle Company, which
specializes in lasagna and spaghetti
dinners at low prices, yet has an
elegant, antique decor, complete with
an old cable car inside. I was told that
Wednesday evening that i t would be a
30 · minute wait for dinner and
watched the people jam the restaurant
and small bar·waiting area.
Immediately, I thought about the
video cock ta il table s on my truck and
how they would be perfect for a place
like the Noodle Company restaurant . I
asked for the manager, who was not
in, but Assistant Manager Doug Barron
kindly gave me his time and listened to
my proposal.
"We've been th inking about some
kind of a video game," Barron replied,
then offered to walk across the street
to see the cocktail tables sitting on my
truck .
When he saw them, he gave permis-
sion to let me put one in on a trial
basis - immedia tely . By the time my
name was called for dinner, I had
installed one video cocktail table!
The next day when I returned to
m t Manager F rank Lutz, I took
along an Atari Trak 10 car game - the
small version with the wood -grained
cabinet designed for prestige locations.
Lutz, somewhat more conservative
than h is assistant, nixed the upright
car game emphatically . He didn't even
want a demonstration.
"But I love the cocktail table," he
said . "You can keep it in. We needed a
low-profile game like that to keep our
customers from getting bored while
waiting for dinner."
Within three months, my company
added a second video table and a
Wurlitzer 1050 Limited Edition (clas-
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ON THE ASSEMBLY line at Mirco,
two employes inspect a nearly com -
pleted table before adding final
touches and sh ipping i t to its new
owner.
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