Gothamist: A Taste of Bamn!

Chris0721

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:09:55 -0500

I'm thirty years old, and I'm dating myself in saying that I remember Horn and Hardart's! My family lived on Long Island when I was a boy, and my mother would take my brother and I by train into the city for day trips. She took us to Horn and Hardart's for lunch on a few of our day trips into the city. I'm sure my mother was trying to re-live some of the nostalgia that she remembered about the automats when she was a girl taking day trips into the city with her parents. My mother would hype up a trip to Horn and Hardart's like it was the greatest thing in the world! It's great to see that a new generation of people will be able to experience the wonder of the automat!

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Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:53:27 -0500

Some really slow thinkers here, confusing format with substance. An automat is an automat. How and what food the automat owner supplies is another topic.

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NewYorkDave

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:12:40 -0500

Yeah, on its face, it does look like another painfully hip thing to make a buck off the 20-somethings. Still, I want to check it out because I have fond memories of Horn and Hardart and I've been saying for years that someday, someone would be smart enough to bring the automat concept back to NYC. Besides, in the final analysis, if the food is good and the prices stay low, the place will do well, trendy or not.

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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:32:03 -0500

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Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:40:00 -0500

Check out my review of the book, The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece by Lorraine Diehl. It'll give you an idea how people really depended on the Automat for their everyday meals.

Annabanana

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:22:55 -0500

Dear bumbaclaut, Given that I an neither 60-something nor 50-something, it is unsurprising that my memory did not serve me well enough to know that this type of fast-food was available in U.S. cafeterias in the 40s and 50s.

Fuat

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:12:09 -0500

I just went there tonight. Sadly they were out of spam musubi. The roast pork buns were excellent though.

Seattle Gal 39

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:08:53 -0500

Joho: Rat feces and cockroaches? Yeah right! La Leone: Why are you such a hater??? Bamn is awesome! I just ate at the Bamn automat last night on my way to get drinks. On a 1-10 scale, I give it a 10. The decor was upbeat and fun and I liked the music. The place was really clean as well. The food was affordable and tasted great. I ate the spam musubi, the mozzarella sticks and the green tea soft serve. After just spending $5, I was full and satisfied. I plan on trying the mac and cheese kroket, looks tasty. I love this concept and the presentation and the location is great! I plan on returning again and again!

Malcolm

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:20:19 -0500

Ahh yes, the lion head spout. I used to drink from that to sharpen up for a little of the old ultraviolence.

automatic automat

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:59:20 -0500

The only reason to go to the automat was to see your coffee come out of the Lion head spout. Growing up we couldn't afford the food in the displays and I was too short to see what it was. And, when I did go to the automat at 42nd and mad, I ate the table cafeteria style food, not the automat sandwiches.

JC Mafia

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:26:34 -0500

Hmmm... the orginal Automats of 1930's Time Square used foound like Lamb Pot Pie for example, that would be able to sit well...this Automat makes fried food that has to be thrown out aften 20 minutes.... Also, the orginal automats had places to sit down. And, ath the new automat if you order fries for example, they have a person there to serve them...kind of defeats the purpose eh?

La Leone

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:58:42 -0500

I think I understand the backlash. It's stupid and gimmicky. So they combined the menus of several well-known places in the area and stuffed them into big pink vending machines. I do give them props for creativity w/the "spam musubi", but I have never wanted Spam in my body and this still won't make me do it. Other than that I see this as marketed to those w interested in having their own "retro" experience but thru technicolor, trendy, & simulated iPod branding. Typical of this generation, unpurchased food will be thrown away every 15 min. I find that disturbing. Yes, there are plenty of places that DON'T waste everything. It all depends on the integrity of the owners. I wonder if BAMN will close once the majority of downtown stops by once to check it out. I'm probably wrong. BAMN! also reminds me of those fucking horrible Emeril toothpaste commericals.

Jonathan Williams

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:43:04 -0500

There's already reviews on Yelp. bamn!@yelp!

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Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:27:39 -0500

Joe Hrmm

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:38:39 -0500

As a casual bystander and neighbor, why is there such a backlash? Is this place the next Le Souke?

just saying

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:27:50 -0500

Another Bamn! post? Has Bamn! become the new Shake Shack for Gothamist?

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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:45:25 -0500

heartburn! yeah!

natis

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:05:46 -0500

a buck fifty for a char siu bow????? wtf?

aj

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:49:19 -0500

I just got me some dick salad. It was pretty good for green leafy vegetables with an array of penises on top;

steph

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:43:13 -0500

This article dosen't say exactly what kind of restaurant or "fast food" place this is but I am glad that people who have eaten there have so I won't.Thanks.

bumbaclaut

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:40:52 -0500

AnnaBanana: If your memory served you correctly, you would remember that food was served this way in American cafeteria's in the 40's and 50's. Also, if you go to China Town, on Canal Street going east, several blocks from Broadway, the bakery shops serve food very similar and very good. Also, fresh. I hope that joho just forgot to take their medication today. I hope they did not see "cockroaches and Rat feces" on a good day.

febo

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:14:50 -0500

febo! i can just see the stoners lining up at 5am... sweet! now all we need is a red light district.

Tanaka

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:07:23 -0500

Can't wait to start reading people's reviews of Bamn! on Menutopia! I'll be writing mines as soon as I get my grubby hands on some of their stuff.

curious

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:03:01 -0500

Joho: Did it have cheese on it too?

John Doe

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:29:23 -0500

I believe you mean Febo, AnnaBanana.

joho

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:24:39 -0500

I just bought a hamburger and it was covered in cockroaches and Rat feces. Do not eat Here! warning!

AnnaBanana

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:21:58 -0500

This is very similar to a popular offering around Amsterdam, automat foods that are sold at storefronts under the name Fubu, if memory serves.