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

In March, following weak sales, Automat Kitchen ended its lease and vacated the premises.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

For people who are younger and remember going to the Automat one or two times, it was this incredible experience, going as a kid.

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