We would love the mini adventure of Horn and Hardart automat whenever we visited NYC in the 1949s, 1950s snd 1960s. Fun for everyone. It was referred to as “H & H.”
https://www.history.com/articles/the-automat-birth-of-a-fast-food-nation
P. D. Q. Bach composed the Concerto for Horn and Hardart, and it was performed by Peter Schickele on the 1965 album An Evening with P. D. Q. Bach.
thanks for the l ink- I think it was the history channel that did a special show on automats- was a pretty cool show- I wish we had some around us- good food, low cost- great atmosphere-