Step back to the dawn of fast food with the Automat era and why this bold concept vanished. It's a quick, curious look at how a vending-like dining dream met its quiet exit and reshaped what we expect ...

Discreet, dark and a little mysterious, this new London diner has all of the essential ingredients. A good speakeasy is difficult to come by but, done well, the format can still enrapture, with ...

Mention Horn & Hardart or the Automat to anyone who visited one, and you'll find yourself captivated by a flood of memories. Established in 1888 by Joseph Horn & Frank Hardart, the Automat, ...

Audiophiles might find the concept of an automatic turntable slightly low brow, but some of us actually have a need for one and I suspect that I’m not alone in that regard. Have you ever watched a ...

Before 1557 Broadway was filled with I <3 NY t-shirts and mini Statue of Liberty figurines, it was filled with rows of nickel-operated food dispensers and the scent of freshly brewed coffee. In a ...

You read that right: A dumpling automat is opening on December 20th at 308 South Street. I really hope doesn’t suck because I love automats and I love dumplings, so I’m super-excited and don’t want to ...

Automat-style dining – the waiterless food service once ubiquitous in Philadelphia – is returning to the city for the first time in more than three decades. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, a Manhattan-based ...

But on Sunday, August 20, the same day San Francisco restaurant Automat announced its impending closure, Smith took to social media to post something other than photos of gorgeous desserts and dinners ...

Lucas Ochoa and Gautam Bose were hired together out of college at Google Creative Lab, Google’s tech and culture incubator, and spent three and a half years launching products like the AI Test Kitchen ...

This new version doesn’t take coins. Your order is placed and paid for on your smartphone. A text notifies you when it’s ready. A restaurant in New York is giving new life to an old invention.