Noun
a cafeteria where food is served from machines
a vending machine from which you can get food
Source: WordNetIt's a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters. Gillian Schieber Flynn
History seeAlso United States The Big Mac hamburger made its debut in 1967 A Burger King Whopper sandwich Some trace the modern history of fast food in America to July 7, 1912, with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. Source: Internet
The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. Source: Internet
Kerry Lattanzio, manager at Automat, in Dover Street, said: “The mince in a burger is exposed to the air, so bacteria can be present on the inside. Source: Internet
Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart had already opened the first Horn & Hardart Automat in Philadelphia in 1902, but their "Automat" at Broadway and 13th Street, in New York City, created a sensation. Source: Internet
Numerous Automat restaurants were built around the country to deal with the demand. Source: Internet