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

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Although he conceived Automat Kitchen 15 years ago, it did not open until January 2021.

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