"Americans once sipped coffee and ate pie around communal tables, sharing their struggles and dreams with strangers at Horn & Hardart’s iconic Automat. Lifetimes ago, these working class palaces nourished a sense of unity that bridged the diversity of class, language, gender and race in the urban melting pots of the East Coast." #TheAutomat

I watched #TheAutomat #documentary yesterday and then pleasantly surprised to see one featured as a set in the final episode of #MrsMaisel that I watched last night. Perfect timing. I felt a deep connection with the setting choice that I might have missed otherwise.

Super interesting and highly recommended documentary. I saw the trailer last year when I was developing the syllabus for a course on the #sociology of #ThirdPlaces but I don't think it was released yet.

http://automatmovie.com/

I wonder if it was the occasional childhood Horn and Hardart visits before a Broadway show (when not Rosoff's) that taught me to enjoy vending machines. #TheAutomat #Documentaries #HornAndHardart https://youtu.be/HWNkIsLEny4

I’m not sure it’s a clear case of “if you liked that, you’ll like this”, but I also greatly enjoyed #TheAutomat, which is both a love letter to the old NYC dining institutions, and a cheeky documentary about its own creation. And it’s got copious amounts of Mel Brooks! Free on #HBOMax or a $2 rental on Amazon. #NotAPaidAd

Thanks to all who posted about #theAutomat. Just watched it. Very enjoyable, but sad to have never seen one. 🙁

@raquelstecher Thanks for posting about this! I just ordered the DVD and have it on my watchlist as soon as I get off holiday! #TheAutomat

Is it weird that I wept while watching a documentary about automats?

#LisaHurwitz's lyrical and nostalgic #TheAutomat (2021) is streaming on the Watch TCM app.

If you're like me, it will make you wish you had been born decades earlier.

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I really don't think any other documentary has made me long for a cup of coffee like The Automat ... and I've seen multiple documentaries specifically on coffee over the years!
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Nice additional background on the Horn & Hardart presence in the Philadelphia area #TheAutomat #TCMParty https://cardboardamerica.org/2017/01/12/horn-hardart-automats-in-philadelphia/

I guess if Howard Schultz had been elected president he could have mandated every public school cafeteria to be converted to #TheAutomat #TCMParty

I worked at 600 Third Ave (39th st) 1982-84 and that last H&H was only 3 short blocks away. It was always busy. And IIRC they had a liquor license! #TheAutomat #TCMParty

Wow - #TheAutomat was amazing
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I mean, 50 different kinds of pie for a couple of nickels. I would never leave. #TheAutomat #TCMParty

H&H became the biggest franchisee of Burger King in New York. Old automats converted to other formats. #TheAutomat #TCMParty

I love the slogan but TBH, today’s public only appreciates two things: CHEAP and FAST. #TheAutomat #TCMParty

You can order these from http://retrophilly.com #TheAutomat #TCMParty

The hoity-toity H&H Restaurant at 54th St and City Line Avenue in Philadelphia (Wynnefield). My grandparents would go there and my grandfather nickname it “The Mink Ranch” because all the Wynnefield ladies would wear their mink stoles. #TheAutomat #TCMParty

John Travolta goes to the Horn & Hardart Retail Shop - the last one in Philadelphia 30th St Station. I used to go by it all the time when I was at @penn@twitter.com #TheAutomat #TCMParty

I have only a vague memory of being in a Horn & Hardart automat in Philly as a youngen. But I definitely remember my Mom coming home from a Philly shopping trip and bringing home cakes and tarts in that Horn & Hardart box, always tied closed with string.
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“Hide the silverware, here come the actors!” made me snort laugh. 😂

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