Automat

Newspaper columnist Katie Nicholl got a glimpse of what typically occurred when she was dining at a restaurant in Mayfair called Automat.

William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

One, a butter-pat a term for a butter dish about 2 inches across actually has the magic word "Automat" on it.

If These Plates Could Talk Richard Snow 2011

Newspaper columnist Katie Nicholl got a glimpse of what typically occurred when she was dining at a restaurant in Mayfair called Automat.

William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

The rows of overhead lights reflected in the nighttime window in "Automat" (1927) recede like UFOs surveilling the woman alone with her coffee.

Periscope 2007

Standouts in the 11-member cast included lush-voiced mezzo Jenna Lebhertz, as Thelma, the theater usher whose post-performance coffee is inspired by "Automat," and Adam Hall, whose bright tenor illuminated the stage-struck Jimmy, a non-Hopper figure.

A Family Cursed, 2007

Then across the street was an "Automat," and there, for a cent and a quarter apiece, we could hold a glass under a little spigot, press a button, and get -- refreshments.

An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker Cornelia Stratton Parker

On the new single's "Automat," the trio (guitarist Alex Edkins, bassist Chris Slorach, and drummer Hayden

Torontoist 2010

Then everyone separates, except for the young woman from "Automat" and an interpolated young man.

A Peek Behind Those Paintings Karen Wilkin 2011

A place where one could by chance run into Allen Ginsberg at the Automat.

Holly Cara Price: Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe: Brainiac Amours in Just Kids Holly Cara Price 2011

A place where one could by chance run into Allen Ginsberg at the Automat.

Holly Cara Price: Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe: Brainiac Amours in Just Kids Holly Cara Price 2011