[NinoFan]

Found the website for this automat: http://www.bamnfood.com/

[goldstategop]

Its cool and timeless and you can eat any time you want! I'm glad to see the automat back!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[martin_fierro]

Edward Hopper, Automat, 1927

Diane Arbus, Two Ladies at The Automat, 1966

Anonymous, Bob Ross On His Way To The Automat, 2006

[martin_fierro]

Just Bamn.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

This would be a great concept for today's malls.

[ReignOfError]

Old-school automats had a kitchen behind the wall, and people feeding food into the coin-op slots. it wasn't just suburbs and fast food that doomed them, but technology. Refrigeration, preservation and automation.

If you want to grab a bite without dealing with a waiter/waitress, you can get a sandwich from a vending machine or convenience store and drop it in a microwave. They take a lot less money and labor to maintain.

[Heatseeker]

I remember my dad taking me to an automat in '64, as we were en route to the World's Fair at Flushing Meadow.

This automat story has somehow reactivated some heretofore dormant ancient neurons reminding me of the great time I had hanging out at the world's largest model train garden in the Fair's "Better Living Center"'

[snowsislander]

Japanese doughnuts,

Japanese doughnuts? I wonder if they have the curry variety.

(In Japan, curry doughnuts are quite popular, and apparently this bakery/cafe in Brookline in the link makes them.)