Big news! Provided you re old enough to know it had ever left.
What s an automat? For anyone born after 1991 when the last one in New York closed its doors the automat was a kind of vending-machine cafeteria.
Inside was a wall of windows: hundreds of little compartments, each with a delicious slice of cherry pie or a tempting beef stew nestled within. You d pop your quarter in the slot, turn the knob, and pop! the window would open, and there would be lunch.
Now, the automat has returned. But returned, like the new light rail trolley cars or the new digital cameras, as a high-tech version of itself.
Automat kitchens are back First time? Here s what they are
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Automat kitchens are back First time? Here s what they are
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UpdatedFri, Feb 26, 2021 at 2:11 pm ET
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You can automatically dial up a dinner that s finger lickin good in the Jersey City Automat. It s the only one in the country right now, and it s contact-free, which is helpful during the pandemic. (Lily Brown/MST Creative PR)
The Automat kitchen cubby wall. It s contact free, and the only one in the country. (Michael Tulipan/MST Creative PR)
525 Washington Blvd. is near the Jersey City waterfront and not far from Hoboken s southern border. (Google Maps)
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ An American dining icon returned early this month with the opening of a chef-curated Automat Kitchen machine near the Jersey City waterfront. While Automats were first introduced in 1895 in Berlin and in 1902 in America, the last Automat closed in New York City in 1991 until a new business owner launched a product inspired by the original during the pandemic.