Pizza Hut is launching a pilot restaurant with new features including a “guest-facing pizza-making station” and self-service kiosks. The new restaurant in Plano, Texas will feature “digital and technology innovations” to newer fast-food restaurants as well as energy-efficient kitchen appliances.

The Plano location is equipped with self-service kiosks, contactless pick-up cabinets and a pizza-making station.

Plano has become the first U.S. city to have a Pizza Hut storefront that puts digital technology front and center.

The Yum Brands chain hopes self-service kiosks and other new features will drive more transactions and in-store traffic.

The North Texas-based pizza giant this week is rolling out a whole new concept and building style at a location in Plano.

Pizza Hut unveiled Tuesday a new prototype with a traditional drive-thru lane and strong in-restaurant presence, meant to elevate convenience and experience for customers. Some stores have the Hut Lane,

Pizza Hut got its start as a sit-down restaurant, festooned with Tiffany lamps and checkered tablecloths. Its present is largely a delivery business, bringing its products to your home (or having you pick them up). As for its future, it’s thinking rapid drive-thru.

The Plano restaurant includes self-service kiosks for faster order placement, cabinets for contactless pick-up, and a guest-facing pizza making station to show off the "quality and care" that goes into every Pizza Hut pizza,