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Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy's most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes. Buyers using the flaming red "Mr. Go Pizza" machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window. Let us take a look at some of the images from Rome's debut in pizza vending machine:
Reviews by customers of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from "acceptable if you're in a hurry" to outright horror. (Reuters Photo) 
One of the reviewer said "it looks good but it is much smaller than in a restaurant and there is less topping."(Reuters Photo) 
Tradition holds that Esposito created the classic "Pizza Margherita" on June 11, 1889 to honour the queen consort, Margherita of Savoy, during her visit to Naples with King Umberto I. He used tomatoes, mozzarella and basil leaves to represent the colours of the flag of a just united Italy – red, white and green. A plaque is affixed to a wall in Naples saying "Pizza Margherita was born here."(Reuters Photo) 
Fabrizia Pugliese, a Naples native said it tasted more like a "piadina", an ultra-thin soft unleavened bread wrap popular in northern Italy.(Reuters Photo) 
For many Italians, the classic pizza experience includes watching a "pizzaiolo," (pizzamaker) knead the dough and cooking it in a wood-burning brick oven within sight of your table. Hence, this pizza vending machine will face stiff competition getting a slice of the market.(Reuters Photo)
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