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This is the section of MosesNews.com where we present entertainment tailored to our Loyal Following. If anyone would like to submit a guest post, send me an email to DonMosesLerman@gmail.com.Friday, January 23, 2009
Horn And Hardart ...The Automat Remembered
The Automat as it was known was Horn and Hardart it was unique in the cafeteria business In N.Y. ,there was a cashier to give you change and all the food was contained in a wall of vending glass windowed machines , but was hot right out of the vending machines. They where a must world for tourists coming to visit N.Y. to eat at. One of the many facets of the place was a lions mouth that the coffee was despenced from , their bakes beans and hot apple pie with vanilla sauce. I remember going the one in the Wall Street area and one by Penn Station and on Broadway right across from the father Duffy statue there was even an all you can eat Horn and Hardart'' Wild West Room 1flight up at there Broadway eatery, all you can eat only $1.99 , prime rib , foot long hot dogs french fires beans etc. so on and so forth however it was served to you cafeteria style with mess man behind the counter. my grandfather who grew up in N.Y. in the early 1900's used to get hot water which was free and mix it with ketchup and make his own Tomato Soup.and sit there until they threw him out. Like the Carnegie deli you sat at tables with total strangers. Eventually the bag ladies , Bums .prostitutes and drug addicts who hung out there and literally put them out of business they opened up a restaurant further uptown but with waitress service . the same people the put the original site out of business started frequenting that place and it was not long before that was history too...end
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