Amy,

I don't know if you know how an Automat operated, but most non-American
listers don't know that behind the little vending boxes of an Automat
restaurant there was an actual kitchen in which food was prepared. I don't
know how it was in Rochester, but in New York City you could even get hot
entrees in an Automat. The difference between a normal vending machine where
the food is normally prepared off site and an Automat was freshness, and
some say quality, of the food.
nburlakoff
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Amy West at Higgins Armory
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:54 PM
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Subject: Re: Food Service on a small scale

At 12:01 AM 8/12/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Vending machines, although often derided, are getting more attractive
>and diverse.  Here in Washington DC, we've become a test market for
>McDonald's for several different types of vending machines and so far
>they're getting acceptable results.

As a kid in 1976, I remember visiting the Rochester science museum and
getting food from an Automat there.


---Amy

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