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

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

They all fondly recall eating at an Automat — that beloved institution of D.I.Y. dining that lasted from 1902 to 1991 in New York and Philadelphia.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

He told Francie how he ate in a place called the Automat where you put a nickel in a slot and coffee and cream came out together—not too little, not too much, just a cupful.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith