Long before the drive-thru window or the self-checkout kiosk, there was the automat, a ...

At first, Horn & Hardart was known for its coffee. Frank Hardart had discovered the French drip method in New Orleans, and he and Joe Horn served up a brew that made their 15-seater Philadelphia ...

A century-old dining concept is being resurrected in the New York metro area, as restaurant owners struggle for customers amid the continued coronavirus restrictions. Automat Kitchen in Jersey City ...

For much of the 20th century the Automat was a destination restaurant – a gleaming, coin-operated self-service eatery, whose chrome doors opened to reveal comfort foods to match Mom's cooking.

Is it possible to feel an emotional attachment to a restaurant you never went to? After watching “The Automat,” and hearing people like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mel Brooks, Howard Schultz and Colin Powell ...

Good news for people who prefer their meals to come along with absolutely zero human interaction (*cough* millennials): Eatsa, the San Francisco-based automat-style restaurant that serves up quinoa ...

It looks futuristic – but it's actually based on a restaurant phenomenon that boomed during the 1950s before dying out in the US. New Jersey restaurant Automat Kitchen is trying to revive the automat ...