REMEMBER THE AUTOMATS???

[Joan]

:)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!

[marylou]

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...............

[Joan]

:)Mary Lou....................not sure about the exact price - I guess my memory is failing me too. I know it wasn't that much though.

[Barry]

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.

[Joan]

:)Barry - for that matter, any Casino!!!

[Fran Gyomory]

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.

[Barry]

True but living in Jersey that where my quartes go.

[Joan]

:)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.

[CQuinn]

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.

[Preacher Mike]

My first stop after a night of drinking....fall in the third Ave door and walk out the Tremont door.

[LENNY]

I loved Bickford's splitpea soup.
I miss that place.

[charlieq]

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.

[Preacher Mike]

me too.

[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.

[Preacher Mike]

I heard that story also, never worked for me!!!!!

[Deleted]

Sure do remember them. I loved the coconut pie and lemon meringue pie. Mmmmmmmmmm good.

[carjoh5]

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.

[Barry]

Automat info

www.bamnfood.com/

[carjoh5]

Thanks Barry, that's the one I was talking about..

[isabelle]

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!!!!

[Barry]

A tablespoon of olive oil did the trick for me before a night out

[Joan]

:)Barry........................thanks for the website. Exactly how I remember it!

[helenh1]

Anyone who wants to feed coins to a machine and be close to the Bronx try Empire City at Yonkers raceway...........

[Deleted]

[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