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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.
At one time, there were 40 Horn & Hardart automats in New York City. The last one closed in 1991, when the company had converted most of its New York City locations into Burger King restaurants. At the time, customers had been noticing a decrease in the quality of the food. [13] [14]
Bickford's architect was F. Russell Stuckert, who had been associated with Samuel Bickford since 1917. Stuckert's father, J. Franklin Stuckert, had designed buildings for Horn & Hardart in the 1890s. [3] During the 1920s, the Bickford's chain expanded rapidly with 24 lunchrooms in the New York area and others around Boston.
Horn & Hardart, founded in 1888 by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart, was noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia and New York City. The restaurant chain was well known in the U.S. for serving food out of a vending machine for a nickel. The last New York Horn & Hardart Automat closed in April 1991.
as the card says to visit the New York World's Fair. The card is earlier than the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. Source: eBay item card front. card back: Author: Horn & Hardart/Lumitone Photography, New York
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The first Bojangles location opened in 1977 in Charlotte. In the following year, the first franchised restaurant began operations. Jack Fulk sold the Bojangles concept to the now-defunct Horn & Hardart Company of New York [13] in 1981.
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]