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Lee, Bucks County, PA.
Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 5:56 pm:   

The book and this FAQ mentioned company archives available at the New York Public Library. Would anyone know of any archive resources in the Philadelphia area? I couldn't find any reference in the main Philadelphia library.

Thanks.
lou Kessler
Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 10:53 pm:   

What animal did the coffee dispensers resemble at Horn and Hardarts Automats?
Marianne
Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 7:55 pm:   

They were dolphin heads, based on a fountain Joe Horn saw on a trip to Italy.
lou Kessler
Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 2:42 pm:   

Thanks for the information about the coffee dispensers. I have read they were a duck and an eagle and in my minds eye a little clouded with nostalgia they were a lion. But I always volunterd to get my Mom's coffee just to watch that hot dark liquid squirt from the dispenser.
Anonymous
Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 5:49 pm:   

Anyone have the recipe for Horn and Hardarts Hot Apple Pie with vanilla sauce?
ellen
Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:27 pm:   

What would the big deal be to give us the recipes,the baby boomers that are left are in there late 50,60 after we are gone will anybody even care of know what a Horn and Hardarts is. Just give a chance to cook some good old fashion memories. We are the ones that made them there fortune. Would I love to try and make there silhouette cake or any item that I ate when I was a kid.
Marcella Scanlon
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:38 pm:   

My grandfather had Sheppard's Market on Market Street in Philadelphia. Sheppard's Market was known for its coffee. My grandfather, George Sheppard, was a good friend of Mr. Horn, especially. He sold to Horn & Hardarts' and I think the market closed but the coffee business continued... almost solely to supply the automats. Do you think this is correct? Do you know anything more about the famous Horn & Hardart coffee?
Joy K
Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 12:31 pm:   

Does anyone have the recipe for Horn & Hardart's
vanilla sauce ? PLEASE SHARE IF YOU DO!

Thanks
Shawn Brown
Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 12:14 pm:   

June 26, 2006

I'm looking for my father that use to work for Horn and Hardart. His name is/was Claude Singer. If anyone has any information, please e-mail me back @ [email protected]

Thanks!
Morton Block
Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 7:46 pm:   

Did H & H have a location at 54th and City Line Ave in Phila?
Janet Poore
Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 1:03 pm:   

Yes. H&H had a location at 54th & City Line. I grew up in Wynnefield and my family, my friends and I practically lived there during the 50's and 60's. The H&H was on the corner directly across from SunRay drugs and catty corner to Dake's Drugstore. There was also another one in Bala Cynwyd shopping center where the Olive Garden is now.

For those looking for H&H vanilla sauce (and more) recipe, There is a website called Hungrybrowser dot com. If you do a search for Phaedrus Lost Recipes, you will find it.
kris
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 10:57 pm:   

I was looking for information about David S Russell and David R Russell both father and son worked at horn and hardart's in Philadelphia,Pa. Im guessing around 1940's. If anyone knows please email me at [email protected]
Frankie D.
Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 8:39 pm:   

My neighborhood H&H was located on Frankford Ave. under the "El" at Margaret Street stop. Diagonal from the restaurant/automat (across the street) was the bakery. Does anyone remember the Frankford Ave. location?
Hymie Zoltsveis
Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:42 am:   

Are H&H foods or coffee available in any stores?

In recent years I would see such foods as Baked Beans, Mac and Cheese and coffee, BUT I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING NOW/

Is anything being made and sold from H&H?

I am in the Philadelphia, PA area.

Hymie
[email protected]
CathyD
Posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 10:10 am:   

To Frankie D. I remember the H&H. It was a special treat to go there. We grew up in the Frankford section of Philly (Church St) and although I was little, Loved to go there. Can you help me out? A recollection of an upstairs and downstairs section at that H&H and also a dumb-waiter they used between the floors? Do you remember this too?
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