Tokyo-based art collective Chim↑Pom has opened a two-week pop-up restaurant that serves up the last meals once requested by real death row inmates.

For example, before being executed by firing squad in 1977, Utah double murderer Gary Mark Gilmore ate a burger, a hard-boiled egg, and mashed potatoes, and drank three shots of whiskey. Here is Chim↑Pom's version of Gilmore's pre-execution eats:

甘い香りが漂う店内で、巨大なチョコレートの塊を舐め続ける女のコを見ながら、ハンバーガーにかぶりつき、バーボンを嗜んできました。#にんげんレストラン pic.twitter.com/CHzYxA6Zk4

— sequi@ya (@se_qui_ay) October 22, 2018

The Ningen ("Human") Restaurant is located in Kabukicho, Tokyo's red-light district, and is open until October 28 (2 PM to 9 PM).

にんげんレストラン、サクッとぐるっとしただけだけどすごい楽しかった。誰かがどっかしら四六時中何かしらやってる渋滞に巻き込まれる快感。 pic.twitter.com/wsbKn6hWhp

— チャパタイさん (@norima___k) October 22, 2018

にんげんレストラン行って来た。ジェームズ・ポール・ジェニーガンのラストミール食べたけど、バンズ美味しかったなぁ。せきゆかさん、あと10kgを切ってた。黙々とチョコ食べ続けるの、エロかった。 pic.twitter.com/RBIgQ9pvg6

— kazumin08 (@kazumin197608) October 22, 2018

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Pricenomics analyzed the frequency of the final words spoken by death row inmates before being executed.

Used by 63% of all speakers, “love” is the most common word in death row inmates’ last statements. At 689 total instances, that works out to an average of 1.7 times per inmate. Other words that insinuate affection — “heart” (14%), “care” (11%), “loved” (10%) — also rank high on this list.

In most cases, the word is used to address family members who are present at the execution, on the other side of the glass window. But it is also used to express feelings toward the victim’s family members, lawyers, the court, and even the warden/prison staff.

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