Picture this: you walk into an elegant dining room with marble floors, Art Deco fixtures, and gleaming chrome walls. There ...

Automat Kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey, is trying to revive the automat. Its restaurant has no waiting staff and it instead serves all its food through lockers. You can order in advance online, or ...

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A blast from the past is making a return in New Jersey. An automat, which was popular in the 1960s, is now serving up meals in Jersey City - but with some high-tech ...

The director Lisa Hurwitz discusses the history of the Horn & Hardart chain of restaurants, which offered comfort food in coin-operated glass boxes. By Nicolas Rapold What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. When the first Horn & Hardart Automat appeared in New York City, in 1912, ...

There once was a time when a hungry wanderer, short on cash and suddenly in need of a meal, could stop by a machine, slide in a few nickels, and get something more substantial out than a Snickers bar.

On the front window of the Bamn automat in the East Village, there is a guide on how to purchase food there. Though most restaurants don’t require instructions, it’s probably a good idea to memorize ...

Automat Kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey, is trying to revive the automat. Its restaurant has no waiting staff and it instead serves all its food through lockers. You can order in advance online, or ...