Could the secret to unforgettable mac and cheese really be canned tomatoes? For over a century, the Horn & Hardart’s Automat restaurants were an American dining staple, serving comfort food with a ...

It seemed like magic: A restaurant without waiters. Instead, walls of shiny glass and chrome doors, which opened to reveal comfort foods to match Mom's cooking. "Pies, pies, pies. Yes, the pies were ...

The director Lisa Hurwitz discusses the history of the Horn & Hardart chain of restaurants, which offered comfort food in coin-operated glass boxes. By Nicolas Rapold What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...

An institution for nearly a century, the Automat – self-service restaurants operated by Horn & Hardart, in which food items were sold from coin-operated dispensers – offered customers in New York and ...

Long before fast food chains invaded the city, New York’s favorite place to grab a quick lunch and a cup of Joe was the Automat. If you were a working stiff in New York any time during the ...

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Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are just a few of the prominent folks who recall the joys of the innovative cafeteria in Lisa Hurwitz's documentary. By Stephen Farber Among the ...

Lisa Hurwitz's film takes us back to a lost form of dining, and to an America where everyone came together to share it. Long ago, in a distant and far away America (you know, the ancient days of 2018 ...

Joshua David Stein is a New York-based journalist, author, food critic, and editor. Eatsa recently opened off the Embarcadero in San Francisco, with a wall of LCD screens, compartments full of quinoa ...

Former Lazy Bear sous chef Matt Kirk’s much-anticipated Automat all-day cafe swung open its doors on the down low today, welcoming diners for a “neighborhood sneak preview.” The restaurant, which is ...