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A more-healthful and upscale fast-casual doner kebab concept debuted on Wednesday in Los Angeles, introducing a new player on the restaurant robot scene.
Kebbros — which combines “kebab” and the slang term for “brothers” — is a concept created by real brothers and co-owners Romeo and Sergio Syfrig, along with Sergio’s wife Tiziana “Ana” Syfrig, who are all originally from Switzerland. The restaurant is designed in the style of the fast-food doner kebabs common in Europe, but with a fresh California twist.
The proteins and produce are organic, where possible, and the menu is more vegetable forward. Among the offerings, for example, is a vegan seitan version of shawarma, carved off the spit in the same manner as the beef and chicken options.
And carving those proteins is a fully automated machine, designed by...