24 mouthwatering photos of Googles legendary free food
Publish date: 2024-04-14
One of the many perks of working at Google is the food: free breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
At the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, approximately 30 different cafés serve more than 40,000 gourmet meals a day.
From juicy hot dogs to strawberry roses, here are 24 mouthwatering meals served inside Google's cafeterias, according to Instagrammers.
For breakfast, Googlers can head to the Stock Market Café for Crab Benedict ...
... chocolate French toast with Nutella sauce ...
... or house-pickled trout on a slice of crostini.
For lunch, they can go to Nourish Café for BBQ beef brisket, roasted asparagus, and smoky mac ‘n’ cheese ...
… or pho at the Long Life Cafe.
The Long Life Café also has plenty of sushi options ...
... delectable dumplings ...
... and other Chinese and Japanese food, including this dish: bang bang ji chicken with ji mao choy and woodear mushrooms over rice.
Café Baadal — the only Google restaurant that takes reservations — makes authentic Indian food. A member of Google’s wait staff served the vegetarian meal pictured below.
Googlers can also try the Steam Café, which serves dishes like this chili-topped hot dog with garlic steak fries.
The same cafe also serves seared Monterey Bay moonfish with Old Bay aioli.
And Steam Café's buttermilk fried chicken Eggs Benedict, topped with bacon gravy, looks delicious as well.
The first and largest of the Google cafés, Charlie's Café, serves things like rockfish sushi. It was named after Charlie Ayers, Google's original chef.
Here, Googlers can eat bowls of crawfish and mussels.
Maverick Café is known for serving hearty dinner dishes, including the clam chowder, broccoli with marinara sauce, seasoned steak fries, and linguine with mushroom sauce pictured below.
Maverick's teriyaki chicken wings don't look too shabby either.
Yoshka's Cafe, formerly "No Name Cafe," was named after the first dog of Google, which was owned by its eighth employee, Urs Hölzle. You can get a variety of meals any time here, like chicken and Brussels sprouts.
If Googlers are in the mood for a smoothie, they can pick from flavors like blueberry, carrot, and kale at the Google Slice Café ...
... and pair it with a healthy vegan meal.
Googlers can find a variety of vegetarian options, like this veggie-filled soup, there too.
Victoria Café serves fancy salads, entrées, and snacks, like this fig and brie combo with a red wine reduction ...
... or seared yellowtail with crispy shallots, lime juice, and basil.
For dessert, Googlers can enjoy cheesecake with berry sorbet at the Tetsuwan Atom Café …
Or grab a beautiful strawberry rose at the Root Café.
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