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Post by Joan on Aug 29, 2007 8:21:55 GMT -5
:)Was reading on the "Bronxboard", and they were talking about the "Automats" in the Bronx/NYC. Thought that might be an interesting topic.
How many of you remember them?
I remember on a Sunday, my parents would take my brothers down to the Staten Island Ferry for our Sunday outing and then we would go to an automat in Manhattan. Loved those places. I especially liked the macaroni & cheese, baked beans, hot chocolate with the whipped cream and the best was saved for last - lemon meringue pie.....Yummie!!! Loved seeing the food behind those glass doors and putting the money in to retrieve our food. Had alot of fun.
I don't remember any in the Bronx, but heard there were a few. Do you remember any in the Bronx - can't recall them!
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Post by marylou on Aug 29, 2007 9:48:33 GMT -5
Oh, what a great memory....Horn and Hardart Automat near Rockefeller Center is the one I remember. Like you said, the best mac and cheese and baked beans in the world. Also the hot turkey and the bread stuffing. Sooo good. I remember putting a nickel in the slot and the window would open. Could it have been only a nickel? Or is my memory failing me...............
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Post by Joan on Aug 29, 2007 9:57:06 GMT -5
:)Mary Lou....................not sure about the exact price - I guess my memory is failing me too. I know it wasn't that much though.
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Post by Barry on Aug 29, 2007 13:18:38 GMT -5
The last Horn and Hardart in NY was at 42nd and Lexington If you still want to put pennies nickles dimes and quarters in machines there is always the slots in Atlantic City.
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Post by Joan on Aug 29, 2007 13:20:17 GMT -5
:)Barry - for that matter, any Casino!!!
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Post by Fran Gyomory on Aug 29, 2007 13:22:59 GMT -5
I always loved to be able to make my lunch plate of all the veggies they had for the day! Yummy, I love my veggies and it made a great lunch.
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Post by Barry on Aug 29, 2007 13:23:19 GMT -5
True but living in Jersey that where my quartes go.
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Post by Joan on Aug 29, 2007 13:51:00 GMT -5
:)Barry...................I understand. That's where my money went to before we moved to Northwest Indiana - now they all go here and Michigan which is about one hour from us.
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Post by CQuinn on Aug 29, 2007 15:08:55 GMT -5
I have a book on the history of Horn and Hardart automats. It even gives the recipes for their food items. I bought the book for the original photos it contained. We had a Bickford's on Tremont and Third Ave.
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Post by Preacher Mike on Aug 29, 2007 15:30:08 GMT -5
My first stop after a night of drinking....fall in the third Ave door and walk out the Tremont door.
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Post by LENNY on Aug 29, 2007 15:35:43 GMT -5
I loved Bickford's splitpea soup. I miss that place.
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Post by charlieq on Aug 29, 2007 15:35:59 GMT -5
Mike,
Remember the great pancakes there, I'd eat them after drinking with lots of syrup and I'd be sick before I got home. Always felt better after that.
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Post by Preacher Mike on Aug 29, 2007 15:37:18 GMT -5
me too.
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Post by charlieq on Aug 29, 2007 15:39:04 GMT -5
Also ate alot of rice pudding at the Greeks near Third Ave before drinking...it was supposed to put a lining on your stomach. I think the Greek started that story.
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Post by Preacher Mike on Aug 29, 2007 16:15:43 GMT -5
I heard that story also, never worked for me!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2007 16:39:34 GMT -5
Sure do remember them. I loved the coconut pie and lemon meringue pie. Mmmmmmmmmm good.
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Post by carjoh5 on Aug 30, 2007 13:09:15 GMT -5
Just in case you all did not know, another Horn and Hardart opened last year in Manhattan. I think it was two mens that wanted it just like it was back then, and so they opened one. Not sure of the correct address, but it is open.
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Post by Barry on Aug 30, 2007 13:55:46 GMT -5
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Post by carjoh5 on Aug 30, 2007 14:14:47 GMT -5
Thanks Barry, that's the one I was talking about..
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Post by isabelle on Aug 30, 2007 15:19:46 GMT -5
I ALWAYS USED TO EAT AT THE AUTOMAT ON MY LUNCH HOUR. I LOVED THE MAC AND CHEESE, MASHED POTATOES AND CREAMED SPINACH. THE MAC AND CHEESE COULD EITHER BE PURCHASED AT THE COUNTER OR FOR 3 NICKELS AT THE GLASS WINDOWS. YUM YUM!!!!
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Post by Barry on Aug 30, 2007 15:36:47 GMT -5
A tablespoon of olive oil did the trick for me before a night out
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Post by Joan on Aug 30, 2007 15:47:33 GMT -5
:)Barry........................thanks for the website. Exactly how I remember it!
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Post by helenh1 on Aug 30, 2007 22:43:02 GMT -5
Anyone who wants to feed coins to a machine and be close to the Bronx try Empire City at Yonkers raceway...........
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2007 23:21:41 GMT -5
[quote author=charlieq
Also ate alot of rice pudding at the Greeks near Third Ave before drinking...it was supposed to put a lining on your stomach. I think the Greek started that story.[/quote]
yes but they sold a lot of rice pudding
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