Once futuristic, then dead, the automat returns
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- In the early 20th century automat restaurants were thought of as the future. By the 1970s they had all but died out. Now Taco Bell is experimenting with automat-style cubbies and a dumpling shop in New York is aiming to reinvent the idea entirely. (May 6)
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Great idea, but I just hope it keeps the core principal of the automat: quick, affordable eats for anyone in any budget (and no need to tip!)
This is not quite a traditional automat experience. These are just made-to-go orders being put into a storage slot, and it looks like expensive, fancy food. A real automat has full meals already waiting in those slots, and it's usually something that feels basic, like meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans. It's supposed to be something you can eat at frequently and consider a legitimate, nutritious meal.
It costs about the same as an automat did in the old days, adjusted for inflation. In today's money, a 1950's dime would be $10-20.
To compare this to the original automat is sacrilege.
Would it be apt to say that this is to the automats of the 1920s and forward is what Byzantium was to Rome?
I'm old enough to remember automats and I LOVED THEM
I’m actually young enough to remember when they started going away thanks to my grandpa taking me to some of the last ones in the early 2000s -‘d I thought I was in the future
I remember going along with my grandmother and Mama to these vending machines. Once in a blue moon I will have a dream about it.
@@Thomas-ky3rl I STILL dream about it
I was born in 1980 but if my hometown’s Mall had an automat I’d totally go to one. Seems like I’d like it.
It just makes sense to bring it back
As a introvert I've been waiting for America to do this(As Japan been doing this a long while now)
This is *not* an automat
You are right. Is is more like a glorified vending machine.
*I was most displeased to hear that it requires a smart phone. I'm too old for that!*
Youre on youtube, you arent too old! ☺️
Ditto!
They also have kiosks you can use if you dont have s smartphone
Should only work with nickels and dimes.The reintroduction will just be a gentrification,that pony tailed 💩heads use and a dry sub will cost $10
It does _not_ require a smartphone; there is an interactive kiosk for people who wish to not use one.
I've been talking about bringing back the automat for years!
The original Horn & Hardart Automats were an early-to-mid 20th century gem. Nothing new and modern can approach its charm. If you want to see one of these Horn & Hardart Automats in action, watch the 1962 movie "That Touch of Mink" with Carey Grant and Doris Day.
We all know that if we're going to have a dystopian future we need automats...
best part not paying tips
these are used in Amsterdam and have been for decades
Started in Germany, 1895
@@mrwood4557 very interesting! Like a Burroughs calculator but for food?!
It's not just the food. It's the fickle American customer too. If it had been up to me, original automats would've never gone out of business. They provided tasty cafeteria food resembling home-cooked meals, which is much better for you than fast food eateries that replaced automats. Even cafeterias are dwindling in America.
Loved going to the automat! It was always fun.
Taco bell is dogsh!t not food 😂
Glad to see they’re wearing gloves!
"Saving jobs by eliminating jobs" doesn't really sound as progressive as Mr Stratis Morfogen of Brooklyn Dumpling Shop thinks it does.
So what hes trying to say is
That by making some business automated it lowers cost of employment for those are not as they dont have to compete with others for wages..
Example in ohio we have sheetz. They pay on average a starting wage of 17 an hour. Where as truenorth (shell) pays 13. Often when sheetz open the gas stations on opposite corners close because their employees go to sheetz.
Time to more forward and bring back the old format again.
This is not a real automat.
They were huge but mainly in NYC and Philly.
The point of automats was to provide affordable meals and a third place for people to gather. If that's not the core focus, they're pointless.
Said on another vid but...I think this form of food works best if cities are walkable..
I always get there too late
seems like a thing in some places in Europe and in Japan. the US infrastucture and eating routines rely on drive thrus and delivery. it is nice to see more and more mobile food trucks though.
Believe or not, drive thrus are slowing down a lot. Time is valuable and sometimes sitting in live for subpar, just no longer cuts it
Suburbs are slowly dying.
Fascinating how long ago it was in use.
With cost of labor getting higher many fast food places will probably become much like the old school Automats.
But the old-school automats had fully staffed kitchens in the back. Watch the 1962 movie "That Touch of Mink" and you can see one in action.
Especially they expect 18-20% tip now for subpar service!
OH---BY THE WAY IS SAVES THESE "RESTAURANTS" A TON..A TON OF $$$$
Drop payroll then who's gonna buy
Is that the founder of Taco Bell?
ROBOTIC CHEFS ARE AVAILABLE! 👍🏼
Is there something like this in CA?
Hopefully this here won't flop. Again.
And I hope it doesn't take coins like the old automats from the 20th Century did and their 2000s short-lived revivals do.
They've updated the system to allow card payments.
It’s classist if someone isn’t able to pay with cash or coin. Not everyone has a card or an up-to-date phone to pay digitally. Everyone should be able to purchase food without barriers like “only digital payment”
dude just make japanese like vending machine and convenience store lol
Yeah but...,.. all the great characters you saw every day are gone!
This has been around since 1895. Nothing new here people
It's not fast food, it's junk food.
How is it junk food? Fast food don't always equate junk. If that's true street food eould be considered junk food all over the world.
@@Moss_piglets I agree with fast food not being equal to junk food, but with automats in the past they were junk food.
@kendragaylord
This is not a true automat.