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

“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

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

Francie wished she could ride across the bridge to work and eat in the Automat instead of carrying sandwiches from home.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith