Good God, Not The Pronto!

The Pronto, otherwise known as the weird, incongruous wine vending machine in Fresh Grocer, is no more - for now, at least. According to Grub Street, all wine kiosks across the state have been shut down because of bugs in the system that "cause them to dispense the wrong bottles of wine, or in some cases, no wine at all." Drat.

The problem is expected to be rectified by "early" next year, but given the amount of time it took for this thing to show up in the first place, we don't think that's particularly promising. This could potentially wreak havoc on the first few BYOs of the semester, but since the 46-step process of getting wine from the damn thing takes longer than it does to walk to 41st and Market, there's no real net loss. Here's hoping it's fixed anyway by the time we get back, because we really like saying that we're "just gonna pick up some Sutter Home at the Pronto"