“‘James’ is an Apple employee. He works at Caffe Macs, the on-site cafeteria of Apple’s campus in Cupertino, Ca. Reminiscent of Google’s epic food offerings, Caffe Macs is pretty much a corporate food court dream-come-true,” The Huffington Post reports.
Monday, September 12:
1:00pm: First break. Definitely my favorite part of the day, because it’s lunch time I can eat any of the dishes. Today I picked up a seared ahi steak with a ginger lime sauce. Dishes range from $5 to $8, though Caffe Macs employees are allowed to eat most anything they want for free. I was a bit timid with the food the first day I worked here, though reading that Apple profits are upwards of $60+ billion keeps me from feeling guilty if I also pick up a burrito.
1:15pm: Finish serving juices until lunch ends at 1:30. Juice bar closes at that time as well, though the adjacent gelato bar stays open the entire day. Some days I’m told to look out for Steve Jobs, who strolls in from time to time to grab a burrito, some lemonade and gelato. My first encounter was when he came up and asked me for a crème brulee gelato in a large cup. I, thinking the task was simple enough, scooped it and asked how him how it looked. ‘B plus,’ he said with a slightly stern look, then said thanks and moved on. I only served him once more since, this time two scoops, ‘80% caramel pecan, 20% chocolate macadamia.’ Said it looked good and proceeded to pick up lemonade. I usually spend until 3:00pm cleaning the juicers and the station.
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “krquet” for the heads up.]
… james is fired in … 1, 2, 3 …
Imagine what the cafeteria of the “mothership” will be like…
Served on hovering trays by girls dressed like Barbarella. A guy can dream.
I was thinking more along the lines of Judy Jetson taking orders on iPads.
Windows users unaffected
Ha! Funny.
I’ve been in catering for thirty years, no one ever has a break at 1pm, no one, ever!!
@simpletee … sounds like you live in a very lonely world… 🙁
Why would you think so absolute?
Where I work some people leave for lunch at 11. I would think that some people start pretty early at Apple.
Having spent some time at the campus, I can tell you the cafeteria is pretty good. The food is the best I’ve ever seen at a corporate campus and the people you get to chat up at lunch are always interesting.
The sushi was good, but there is a place down the road (De Anza blvd) across the street from the cypress hotel (best place to stay in Cupertino) that I found to be excellent. Cannot remember the name though..
Sushi Kuni, I think
This was…..boring.
Kinda pointless story. Must be a slow day?
yes yes but what was the coffee like ?
Apple used to buy the beans raw and roast them in house for the coffee at Cafe Macs as well as the coffee stations in the offices. I retired from Apple a couple of years ago so donʻt know if that is still the case.
so that’s the secret of apples success, gelato
They’ll be field testing Trek inspired Food Replucators on campus with select guinea pigs er, employees Kilngon Gagh both live & stewed. Lol
That would be hilarious to have to feed Steve Jobs. lol
So Steve Jobs is still coming to the office since retiring as CEO – apparently with a good appetite. Thanks for the good news!
I had the pleasure of spending a day at Apple in August of 2003. What an amazing day and lunch in the caffe while sitting in on a job interview was unforgettable. I still remember the cold soba noodles and the guy who wasn’t going to get the job.
“James” neglect to mention the pricing on pizza (one size only; Large, I think) is pretty decent too. “Nick’s”, “Hawaiian”, “Pepperoni & Sausage” pizza each cost $6.00. The most expensive kind cost about $7.00 to $10.00.
Apple Caffe was before Google’s. So what is reminiscent of what, actually?
just gimme a Big Mac and some fries, please…