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

The author works for Temple University Library, which is also the employer of John Pettit, an archivist in a separate department mentioned in the article. Hurwitz’s film shows that the Automat’s ...

After all, she got such celebrities as comedian Carl Reiner and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who were interviewed not long before their deaths, to reminisce about what the unique food ...

It seemed like magic: A restaurant without waiters. Instead, walls of shiny glass and chrome doors, which opened to reveal comfort foods to match Mom's cooking. "Pies, pies, pies. Yes, the pies were ...

Long before fast food chains invaded the city, New York’s favorite place to grab a quick lunch and a cup of Joe was the Automat. If you were a working stiff in New York any time during the ...

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, ...

Hypothesis: For the better part of the twentieth century, the Automat was a totem of possibility. In vast spaces tricked out with Carrara marble and Beaux-Arts trimmings, a regular Joe or Jane could ...

The film company that made “The Automat” is called A Slice of Pie Productions. That would be a great name under any circumstances. For this particular movie, it’s better than ice cream for breakfast.

Lisa Hurwitz's film takes us back to a lost form of dining, and to an America where everyone came together to share it. Long ago, in a distant and far away America (you know, the ancient days of 2018 ...