Comments on: Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part I — the Northeast http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/07/land-of-the-lost-food-traditions-part-i-the-northeast/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Kira Jordan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/07/land-of-the-lost-food-traditions-part-i-the-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Kira Jordan Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:35:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=2315#comment-1399 I recently read an article outlining that BAMN! the NYC Automat has closed its doors. A link: http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/web/online/VendingMarketWatch-News/Bamn-Automat-Closes-In-New-York-City/1$24225 Kind of sad, considering my grandparents met at an Automat here in D.C. I recently read an article outlining that BAMN! the NYC Automat has closed its doors. A link:
http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/web/online/VendingMarketWatch-News/Bamn-Automat-Closes-In-New-York-City/1$24225

Kind of sad, considering my grandparents met at an Automat here in D.C.

]]> By: Jan Whitaker http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/07/land-of-the-lost-food-traditions-part-i-the-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Jan Whitaker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:35:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=2315#comment-712 Actually Philadelphia, not New York, was the place where the Automat caught on first. It took a while before it was accepted in New York. Actually Philadelphia, not New York, was the place where the Automat caught on first. It took a while before it was accepted in New York.

]]> By: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/07/land-of-the-lost-food-traditions-part-i-the-northeast/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:52:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=2315#comment-711 Growing up in New York City, I loved to go to the Automat on weekends with my parents. It was always a treat -- fun and funky. Now I live in Rhode Island, home of the May Breakfast and, yes, that "other" clam chowder. Thanks for highlighting some of the wonderful food traditions of the Northeast. Growing up in New York City, I loved to go to the Automat on weekends with my parents. It was always a treat — fun and funky. Now I live in Rhode Island, home of the May Breakfast and, yes, that “other” clam chowder. Thanks for highlighting some of the wonderful food traditions of the Northeast.

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