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When we heard that Bamn!, an automat in New York, was opening, we gave it a mention just like so many other food-loving writers did. Was it the food of the future? As it turns out, it was the food of the past: a machine that was futuristic in the 1940's, stocked with food that is just plain "gross."
The New York Post hated it and judging by their (hilarious) review, it's a wonder that anyone can stomach the food there at all. The offerings, which include peanut-butter-and-jelly empanadas (sound suspiciously like Uncrustables gone horribly, horribly wrong) and Chicken "teriburgers," are "possibly the worst foodstuffs ever offered for human consumption outside a famine zone." Steve Cuozzo noted that he saw more people taking pictures than eating the food. Clearly they had already heard about the food.
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9-07-2006 @7:43PM Dan Tannenbaum said... When I was a kid, my father used to take me to Horn & Hardarts Automats in New York City. I was facinated by the concept.....put in some quarters and out pops a slice of apple pie, or a cheese burger. The food was pretty good, as I remember, and obviously the service was fast. I first thought robots did the work, until one time I saw this hand and hairy arm loading one of the windows with food. I was a bit disappointed: I thought Robbie the Robot was in the kitchen!
What a shame this new instance of the Automat has such a hideous reincarnation.
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9-07-2006 @9:40PM Rhea said... Dan,
I have memories of Horn & Hardart, too! I wish this new automat had good food, 'cause I would race down to NYC and try it.
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