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For a nickel? The quality and portions do not compare to the automat. Even back in the day, the automat was a bargain.
No not for a nickel, but obviously looking at the absolute price in a vacuum is nonsensical since we have this thing called inflation and this other thing called rising wages.
I've never eaten from an automat but suspect you're way overstating the quality, there wasn't anything magic in that era where premade food stuffed into slots was better than what is at a supermarket deli today.
Reminds me of Japan and waiting areas in hospitals. Day old sandwich, pie or have not stuck in a small space. Who will disinfect the whole thing every day?
The last Horn and Hardart was in NYC and it closed in 1991. I remember eating at them them in NYC well up to the late 60's. After that I was making a few bucks so I never ate in one again. By then I had discovered NYC Coffee Shops. Great food at a low price.
Labor was cheap then—
Imagine the labor it takes to portion out and package and load those serving windows
Unless it happens under robot labor you aren’t going to see “cheap”
And I don’t know that the quality of food was “great” compared to restaurants of similar quality
I never ate at one—they were big-city items
We had cafeterias like Luby’s (which I loved) and Morrison’s (not so great) and the one at Highland Park shopping center in Dallas—in the heart of the wealthy enclave—go figure
Horn and Hardart were very big on quality, as explained in the documentary. The documentary showed how the baked goods eventually came from the central commissary, but everything else was prepared fresh. The turnover was so high, it guaranteed freshness.
No not for a nickel, but obviously looking at the absolute price in a vacuum is nonsensical since we have this thing called inflation and this other thing called rising wages.
I've never eaten from an automat but suspect you're way overstating the quality, there wasn't anything magic in that era where premade food stuffed into slots was better than what is at a supermarket deli today.
That explains your comment. The automats were established in the early 1900s and the heyday was in the 40s and early 50s. There were fewer processed foods in those days. Certain items tasted better. By the late 1960s and 1970s, they were on the way out and perhaps quality did suffer at that point. But not at their peak. If you did any research, you would know about how the family run company changed hands and the problems the management encountered.
I love buffets but I have read a thread here where a lot of people don't. They don't like people close to the food, handling the serving utensils, handling the food with their hands, not getting a clean plate with each return, sneezing, coughing etc.
I love buffets but I have read a thread here where a lot of people don't. They don't like people close to the food, handling the serving utensils, handling the food with their hands, not getting a clean plate with each return, sneezing, coughing etc.
A lot of people worry too much.
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