Manhattan · NYC landmark
Former Horn & Hardart Automat-Cafeteria
2710-2714 Broadway · Manhattan, New York City
A surviving automat building that connects decorative storefront design with New York's waiterless dining history.
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NYFE Summary
Automat customers selected food from small glass-fronted compartments and opened the doors with coins. Horn & Hardart made this form of self-service dining familiar across New York. The chain operated a restaurant here before the space passed to other uses.
The upper floor retains colored terra-cotta panels with stylized flowers and zigzags. Part of the original broad entrance arch remains visible above the changed storefront. The decoration records the building's restaurant history.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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