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Oh my.

Tab  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-20-09 10:28 PM
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Speaking of Automats...

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

after which a photograph of what appears to be a 1930s vending machine

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

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

after which a photograph of a sign: PAY TOILET
                                                           10 cents
                                                           You are not
                                                           permitted to
                                                           share or
                                                           crawl
                                                           under stalls

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

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-20-09 10:34 PM
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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  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jan-20-09 10:38 PM
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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   (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-20-09 10:47 PM
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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.

Husb2Sparkly  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-20-09 11:01 PM
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4. I remember them very, very well.

[JohnnyReb]

Automats......where dim voters could steal food and money......now they just wait for the government to mail it to them.