automat

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Apart from the tellingly-named ghost kitchens, fast-food companies, the successors of the original Automat, seem eager to find out.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024

It was to be the Automat of the intelligence community, “with its doors never tightly closed and with customers going in and out, day and night,” according to a CIA history.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2022

This story has been updated to reflect the closure of Automat Kitchen in Jersey City.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Eventually I made a short film in a nonfiction media class, a profile about Steve Stollman, the Automat collector.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

“Where do you want to go? Want to get some coffee at the Automat or would you like chop suey?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith