Horn & Hardat was a TRUE New York experience. They were better known as "The Automat".

For those of you who've never been to one, they were large rooms full of diner type tables. One of the walls had about 100 "windows" (slightly larger than a mailbox) and in each of the windows was an item of food that you'd buy. You slipped some money into the coin slot (price was depending on what you ordered) and then open the little door on the window and grab your food. You could get just about anything. Appetizers, soup, sandwiches, dinners (like meat loaf or turkey), side orders (everything from mashed potatoes to vegetables) and of course, dessert.

You'd then take your tray with all your goodies and sit at a table (sometimes during busy hours you'd share a table with strangers).

They used to have awesome coffee!!