Speaking of Automats...

[Tab]

I remember them... quintessentially New York (although I assume Chicago too, and what not).




Memory lane is here: http://www.theautomat.net/

I do feel some sadness for their loss, much more than I did for these:



Man, they bring back memories (the automats, I mean).

[The empressof all]

1. I remember them too

We use to go to the one on 42nd and Lexington. I remember they had terrific coffee. I also remember those coffee places (damn my old brain is forgetting but it was a "brand name" coffee) They made those sandwiches with cream cheese on date nut bread. It wasn't the Thomas's date nut bread that they don't make anymore either but it was damn close. Do you know the places I'm talking about. Was it Chock ful of Nuts?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. And Horn&Hardart had absolutely the best...

rice pudding back then. Sold in the Automat, of course, and in delis all around NY.

They kept the Automat on 34th St. going for years, I think I went there in the 80s, but it was mainly a tourist trap by then, and most of the food wasn't so good.

(FWIW, A toilet inscription-- "Hear I sit broken hearted. Paid a dime and only farted.")

[The empressof all]

3. Yes Horn & Hardarts.....They were the ones with the date nut bread

Goodness. They had terrific coffee in wonderful white mugs and boy did I love those sandwiches.

[eleny]

9. 'chock full of nuts' used to have the date nut bread at their restaurants, too

mom and i would go shop and stop there for the best coffee and the date nut sandwich. packed in little paper bundles behind the counter. fastest service anywhere!

you'd stand behind someone who was almost finished and wait. nobody cared. it was just the way it was done. :D

[The empressof all]

11. God, I loved that date nut bread

They also made wonderful tuna fish sandwiches. Always cut on a diagonal and always delicious!

[eleny]

12. I remember when "cut on a diagonal" was fancy

[eleny]

13. P.S. You do remember that it was also called Horn and Hard-ons?

:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

4. I remember them very, very well.

They're making a comeback attempt:

http://bamnfood.com/

[hippywife]

5. Whew!

Something I know about but am not old enough to remember personally! LOL

[Lucinda]

15. LOL Its getting harder and harder to find these, in my case anyway!

[Tab]

6. Twasn't no fun crawling under the door of those things...

but I loved the Automats themselves.

[elleng]

7. I sure remember them as part of NY,

but was too young (and stupid!), I think, to develop 'love' for any of their stuff; and didn't drink coffee until much later!

[Tab]

8. I was too young to "love" it, but it was the experience that I remember

At home, we made everything. In the "big city", you plop in nickels, dimes, whatever, and the food is delivered by a machine, and you just pick what you want.

Holy sh*t!

Just had to save a dime for the bathroom. :)

[eleny]

10. i remember the automat fondly from my childhood

:hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

14. When I was a kid, we used to go to the "Hornenhardy" as part of our Christmas visit to the City.

We'd drive from CT to my maternal grandparents in Patterson, NJ. We'd take the bus (I can see the bus, but can't recall the name) into the Pordathahriddy and then walk. Rockafella Cenner. Supper at the Hornenhardy, see the deer made of lights and the skaters and then back to the bus terminal.