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

Automat Kitchen’s original opening date was postponed from April 2020 because of the pandemic, and many office workers in the building where it is located still have not returned.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 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

The superfan Mel Brooks sings a tribute to the Automat, with a 26-piece orchestra.

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