The Automat - does it still exist? (machine, NYC, cafe)

[jimdc58]

Is there a single automat still in existence anywhere in the U.S. today? What about globally?

[jambo101]

Automated vending machines seem quite popular in many workplace cafeterias, gymns,train and bus stations,interstate rest areas.I think they are far from obsolete.

[lieqiang]

They had them in Amsterdam last time was there.

[Suburban_Guy]

I wish they had these where I live.

There's small versions of it in some work places I think.

[hey teach]

I remember these from when I was a kid.

[elnina]

Originally Posted by jimdc58

Is there a single automat still in existence anywhere in the U.S. today? What about globally?

SINGLE automat?? Please defiine...
Something like this? Dispensing just one type of item?

http://www.retrothing.com/2006/02/the_vendo_39_a_.html

[Icemodeled]

Lol iv never heard of them before, though the picture looks familiar but Iv never see them around.
globally, im sure there are but in the US, not so sure how common they are.

[Threestep2]

I have seen them in hospital waiting rooms lately.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by jimdc58

Is there a single automat still in existence anywhere in the U.S. today? What about globally?

Maybe somewhere in the world.


There were quite a few in NYC when I was a kid.
I read that the last one in midtown closed in 1991.

Ah, memories.

The Automat - the History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece.

[jimdc58]

Originally Posted by lieqiang

They had them in Amsterdam last time was there.

Thanks for the picture. I tend to think that they do exist in Europe....but have disappeared in the U.S.