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Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. [1] Horn & Hardart automats ushered in the fast food era and at their height, they were the largest restaurant chain in the world, with 88 locations.
The first automat in the United States was opened by food services company Horn & Hardart on June 12, 1902, at 818 Chestnut St. [2] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [9] Inspired by Max Sielaff's automat restaurants in Berlin , they were among the first 47 restaurants (and the first outside of Europe) to receive patented vending machines from ...
In 1902, Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first automat in the U.S. at 818 Chestnut Street, now a retail store. The original Automat is now part of the Smithsonian Institution. [20] In the 1950s and 1960s, the restaurant scene was in decline.
'The Automat' review: Producer-director Lisa Hurwitz lines the documentary with affection for the restaurant chain from luminaries including Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Colin Powell.
Restaurants with automation aren’t inherently new—think the Horn & Hardart Automat of 1902 that revolutionized the dining experience by essentially creating a massive vending machine for ...
The Automat is a 2021 American documentary directed and produced by Lisa Hurwitz and written by Michael Levine. It is about the automats once operated by Horn & Hardart. It features an original song by Mel Brooks. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2021. It was released in the United States on February 18, 2022 ...
The cast of luminaries that first-time filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz assembles in documentary The Automat have one thing in common – extreme adoration for the famed Horn & Hardart eateries, whose ...
Horn & Hardart, Times Square (1912), New York City. D'Ascenzo Studios created Art Nouveau interiors (and later stained glass facades) for Horn & Hardart restaurants, a chain of about fifty automats that began in Philadelphia in 1902. [3] The company's flagship restaurant in New York City (1912) was on Broadway at Times Square. [4]