Horn & Hardart Automat, Times Square

Horn & Hardart Automats were cafeterias and very popular during the depression. Horn & Hardart Automats prepared food and were put behind a sliding glass window. When you made your selection you would drop in a coin to have the window open to take what you wanted. Each glass door had all kinds of selections from a full meal to sandwiches, coffee, soft drinks, desserts etc. At one time Horn & Hardart Automats had 156 cafeterias in New York and Phiadelphia serving over a half a million customers a day. Horn & Hardart Automats slowly declined especially with the fast food industry taking over and restaurants with waitresses. The last Horn & Hardart Automat closed in 1991 in New York City. Horn & Hardart Automats can be seen in many old movie clips. Here is a clip from a movie with Doris Day, Cary Grant & Audrey Meadows at a Horn & Hardart Automat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTqjO-dHTmE
Another video of the explanation and photos of the Automat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrbyqUOObdU

Taken in: United States / New York / New York / Clinton (show map)

Taken on: October 29, 2016

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