The Automat
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9/2/2021Runtime
79 minsGenres
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The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
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A tender meditation on a vanished American institution and what its decline says about how we eat and gather together. Told through the voices of those who remember when the Automat felt like the future.
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