The Vertiginous Girder Restaurant, comes in the form of a substantial "I" or "T" beam, encased in a room sized box of unbreakable glass, which is open at one end.

To install it, you simply bolt it unto the outside face of any building of suitable height, and cut an access hole to enable the hungry, but foolhardy patrons to shuffle out along its stomach churning length, in order to eat their sandwiches.
see link for image of one already in situ
-- xenzag, Sep 14 2007

Lunchtime atop a skyscraper http://en.wikipedia...e_atop_a_Skyscraper
It's by Charles C. Ebbets [normzone, Sep 14 2007]

T beam hang out spot https://www.rockefe...at-top-of-the-rock/
[xenzag, Sep 27 2024]

I can tell that isn't a restaurant because smoking isn't allowed in restaurants. (+)
-- GutPunchLullabies, Sep 14 2007


He may look like he's smoking, but he's actually sucking a type of edible ant up a straw. It's a particular delicacy at this establishment.
-- xenzag, Sep 14 2007


Pictures like that could easily prompt an HB Caption Competition. Beware.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 14 2007


Or install over handy nearby Grand Canyon.

But the glass spoils it, methinks.
-- DrCurry, Sep 14 2007


I like that picture; I've seen it before and wonder if it's for real. It seems so high.
-- bnip, Sep 14 2007


I think it was commissioned by the Pikatawnee Arse Glue Company in about 1932.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Sep 14 2007


Well, you got the year right (link)
-- normzone, Sep 14 2007


Now this is a lovely idea. Big precariously placed bun.
-- theleopard, Sep 15 2007


[xenzag], you're on a roll. [+]
-- pertinax, Sep 15 2007


I always thought this was one my ideas that somebody would use and now they have. See last link. Can I claim royalties?
-- xenzag, Sep 27 2024



random, halfbakery