What was the name food vending...?

Hubby and I were talking about vending machines. We are trying to remember the name of the eating establishments where you'd deposit coins, open a little door, and take out the food item within.

The food was freshly prepared and slid through the other side. You also paid to open a little door to get your service-forks, etc.

These places were quite the rage in NYC, Chicago and ? Rather like a cross between a cafeteria and vending machines.

was it xxx-mat?
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Brain explosion............they were Automats!! Went back to early 1900s. Google it. Thanks for letting me punch a hole in my brain allowing in some fresh air. :lol:
SheepieBoss wrote:
Brain explosion............they were Automats!! Went back to early 1900s. Google it. Thanks for letting me punch a hole in my brain allowing in some fresh air. :lol:


LOL-- Glad you thought of it. Doesn't it just drive you nuts, when it is right on the tip of your tongue??? ;)
when i was a little kid ( and i'm not THAT old) I ate at the last of the Automats in Manhattan. It was really cool.

Seems if you Google "Manhattan" and "Automat" there's a new one that has opened up. And I found this COOL old photo link

I love Google.
The hospital cafeteria, off hours. :D

Every kind of sandwich and soup and whatever, all for the deposit of a few dollars, the rotation of the shelf and the opening of a door!
SheepieBoss wrote:
Brain explosion............they were Automats!! Went back to early 1900s. Google it. Thanks for letting me punch a hole in my brain allowing in some fresh air. :lol:
Do you remember the Jerry Lewis movie where he ate at one of those??? LOL My husband loves Jerry Lewis movies. Me I could take them or leave them.
I never knew what an Automat was until I saw an old B&W movie with Audrey Hepburn that had one in it not that long ago. I always wondered what Frank Sinatra meant when he sang that lyric "you can't find that at the Automat". I thought it was an "auto mat" like what you put in the floorboard of your car. :oops:
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