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		<title>The (Current) Largest Restaurant in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Turnbull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syria&#8217;s Damascus Gate restaurant has recently been certified by Guinness as the &#8220;World&#8217;s largest restaurant&#8221;, stealing the crown from Thailand&#8217;s (previously featured) Mang Gorn Luang.

Seating up to 6014 diners at one time, it easily tops the previous holder&#8217;s 5000 capacity.



Damascus Gate employs 1800 members of staff to cover the 54000 m2 outside seating area, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Syria&#8217;s <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=2001&amp;c=&amp;t=k&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=33.43928,36.406701&amp;z=18">Damascus Gate restaurant</a> has recently been certified by Guinness as the <strong>&#8220;World&#8217;s largest restaurant&#8221;</strong>, stealing the crown from Thailand&#8217;s (previously featured) <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/29/mang-gorn-luang-the-royal-dragon/">Mang Gorn Luang</a>.</p>

<p>Seating up to <strong>6014 diners</strong> at one time, it easily tops the previous holder&#8217;s 5000 capacity.</p>

<p><a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=2001&amp;c=&amp;t=k&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=33.43928,36.406701&amp;z=18"><img src="http://media.googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/untitled-2-atrb.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="120" /></a></p>

<p>Damascus Gate employs 1800 members of staff to cover the 54000 m<sup>2</sup> outside seating area, which is decorated with waterfalls, ponds, and replica archaeological monuments.</p>

<p>However, what strikes me about the &#8220;World&#8217;s largest restaurant&#8221; is that it looks <em>so small</em>, especially compared to all the World&#8217;s largest <em>x</em> that we&#8217;ve <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/results/?cx=006598414573356726213%3Arfqgsdqpwts&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;q=world's+largest&amp;sa=Search#1223">previously featured</a>.</p>

<p>Read more and see a rather dull video on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7435424.stm">the BBC&#8217;s article</a>.</p>

<p>Thanks to <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2008/06/does_size_matter.html">Anthony Silverbrow</a>.</p>
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