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

He also picked the endeavor’s code name: Project Automat, later amended to HTAutomat or HTA.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2022

“The level of theater, romance and surprise that Horn & Hardart delivered at the Automat shaped how we thought about and built the Starbucks Experience.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Does the Automat represent an American ideal in some ways, with its democratic approach?

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Not the heat that glued her skin to the plastic chair, not an outing to the beach, not even a movie followed by a beef pot pie at the Automat.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord