Automat

[ aw-tuh-mat ]

Trademark.

1. a type of self-service restaurant in which customers obtain food from small compartments by depositing the required number of coins in slots so that the doors can be opened.

automat

/ ˈɔːtəˌmæt /

noun

1. Also calledvending machine a machine that automatically dispenses goods, such as cigarettes, when money is inserted
2. an area or room, sometimes having restaurant facilities, where food and other goods are supplied from vending machines

Example Sentences

And, best of all, she gets Mel Brooks on camera, waxing poetic about his Brooklyn childhood and, specifically, his love for the Automat.

From Time

Even if you’ve never had the pleasure of eating in an Automat, Hurwitz brings the experience to life.

From Time

Joe Horn and Frank Hardart opened a chain of Automat restaurants in New York City around the mid-1900s that served fresh pastries, pies, doughnuts, cakes, soups, and salads.

From Popular-Science

The Automat restaurants, for example, where the customer gets all his requirements himself, would never do in London.

From Project Gutenberg

He didn't quite remember how he had left the automat, and he didn't even try to remember.

From Project Gutenberg

Stanton went through the door of the automat restaurant and walked over to the vending wall.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Lum, leaning against the Automat, darkly considered this eventuality.

From Project Gutenberg

He didn't quite remember how he had left the automat, and he really didn't even try to remember.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bistro
• booth
• coffee shop
• saloon