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Message |
Kenneth Gonzalez
| | Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 4:38 pm: | |
Please help end a company dispute. Do any Automat resturants still exist? Some co-workers claim there is still one in existance in New York, but nobody seems to know the location. I would love to eat in an Automat Resturant again. |
Marianne Hardart
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 10:06 pm: | |
Unfortunately there are no automats left. The Horn & Hardart company is completely dissolved. Occasionally people talk about bringing automats back but I honestly can't imagine recreating the place you remember. |
Hungry Traveler
| | Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:18 pm: | |
Hi, I was surfing the net and there's still automats of sort in Holland. They serve local delicacies such as risoles, frikandel, loempias, etc. BTW, I see the possiblity that Flushing Meadow Park may have an automat. Is that true? Also, please tell me more about the vendor who's selling one of those machines. Thank you. |
Marianne
| | Posted on Monday, September 27, 2004 - 3:05 pm: | |
Hi Hungry Traveler-
Yes, I have heard of the automats in Holland but I haven't been there to try them out. There is a Janpanese company that is also looking to bring them back over there.
The person to speak to about Flushing Meadow Park and buying machines is Steve Stollman. You can look at his site (if you haven't already come across it) at www.theautomat.com.
Thanks for writing in. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 8:12 pm: | |
HI I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE LAST AUTOMAT IN NEW YORK WAS LOCATED AND WHEN IT CLOSED. I REMEMBER THE ONE ON OR CLOSE TO 42nd STREET. WHEN DID THAT CLOSE |
Mike A.
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:46 am: | |
Hi All,
I was wondering, is there still a company that makes and sells the automat hardware in the United States? |
Barbara Vetter
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 5:26 pm: | |
I didn't see a reply to when the last Automat closed. Could you let me know, please. As do so many people, I have only fond memories of "eating at the Automat." |
Renate Valencia
| | Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 1:59 am: | |
I grew up in Flushing because my grandmother worked for the automats
in Manhattan but then transferred to
Flushing to work in the restaurant
there -- about 1959 or so. My mom
also worked for H&H for years. H&H
was a big part of life for us! When the flushing
store closed we wound up with a few interesting things. We still have the
big yellow water glasses. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 2:47 pm: | |
THE LAST AUTOMAT CLOSED ON APRIL 8,1991
THEY WERE BOUGHT UP BY BURGER KING
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RICH
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 2:38 am: | |
THE LAST AUTOMAT I WENT TO WAS AT 42nd.ST. AND THIRD AVE. I WANTED TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SEE IT. THIS WAS AROUND 1986. HORN & HARDART WERE TAKE OUT STORES WITH THE BEST PIES EVER MADE. I HAD MANY MEALS AT THE 14th ST. AUTOMAT. (NYC) WHAT WAS MORE FACINATING THAN COFFEE FROM THE LIONS HEAD? WE ALSO HAD THAT HIGH CLASS PLACE RATNER'S ON DELANCEY ST AND ONE ON SECOND AVE |
Wendy
| | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 5:08 pm: | |
I heard this morning on radio that an automat was opening tomorrow in NYC. I didn't get any more info. Can anyone add to this? |
Adam K.
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 12:16 am: | |
Wendy: Bamn opened in the East Village. Saint Marks Place and Second Ave. I never had the pleasure of visiting H&H in its heyday, but from everything I've read, Bamn Automat does not stack up. |
Joseph S.
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 11:51 pm: | |
BAMN! is very different from the old Automats, it looks like its geared toward smaller meals and quick service. I guess in these times that is what works and nostalgia doesn't pay the bills? I like the peanut butter and jelly and mac n cheese kroket. |
Lamont Cranston
| | Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 12:52 pm: | |
There is a chain of automats in the Netherlands called Febo, their meals are geared towards fast food however: burgers and croquettes. |
Lloyd
| | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 1:04 pm: | |
Up until the late 90's i was able to purchase desserts, such as Rice @ Tapioca pudding in Pathmark supermarket, Nanuet, N.Y. Is any one still distributing your products? Plase say yes. |
IRISH MIKE
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 3:37 pm: | |
WORKED AT HORN HARDARTS IN PHILA 1959
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER CAFATERIA AT BROAD AND WALNUT OPENED IN 1958 |
Courtney G
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 7:00 pm: | |
I am in my 20s and of course I am to young to have been to an automat, but I have watched a Doris Day movie my whole life in which she goes to an automat. It looks like so much fun, I wish I could have the opportunity to eat in one!! |
Chock Full O'Nuts
| | Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 8:22 pm: | |
The last NYC Automat closed April 11, 1991, This site won't let me post the URL but the NY Times carried an article on that date. |
Karina
| | Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 4:36 am: | |
Call me wind because I am abosltuely blown away. |
Jasmin
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 - 7:53 pm: | |
Anita, great post! Here are my two rules. 1. If you're going to use a cell phone, you should have at least a basic grasp of the psroecs of electronic voice amplification. There is a tiny microphone in your cell phone that actually AMPLIFIES YOUR VOICE. It is NOT necessary to yell into the cell phone. A normal tone of voice will be heard just fine on the other end. 2. Unless you're a brain surgeon on call, surely you can be unavailable for a half an hour while you, and everyone else in the restaurant (see #1) enjoy your dinner. If you MUST be available set your phone on vibrate and step outside when you receive a call. |
Jesus
| | Posted on Monday, August 06, 2012 - 9:41 pm: | |
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Irish
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 12:45 pm: | |
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| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 9:51 am: | |
There was a Horn& Hardart automat in the Flushing Chamber of Commerce building from 1940's to 1955. |