Horn and Hardhart’s....I forgot about them. We just called it the automat. Blueberry pie for fifteen cents. HoJo had counters all over the place too.
Coney Island was the place to be, not Fire Island.
Palisades Park for girls.
Islip Dragstrip too.
My dad's first job as a 16 yr old immigrant back in the 1920's, was washing dishes for a Horn & Hardharts in NYC.