On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:39:42 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>Sounds like fun. The big treat when we were kids was to go into "the
>city" (Manhattan) and eat at the Horn and Hardart's Automat.
>http://www.theautomat.net/ Mom would give us each some nickles and we
>would be off. My favorite was the Macaroni and Cheese.

I envy you that experience! I have never been to an automat.
Automats always remind me of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler. The children in that book ate macaroni and cheese from
the automat, and I think baked beans or beans and franks. It was a
revelation to the sister that she did not have to choose breakfast
foods in the morning.

I do remember lunches at Shea's Drug Store. When I was four or five,
I thought that soup and salad was the most sophisticated meal one
could ever eat. I always chose a cup of soup and a side salad. I
thought I was a lady who lunches.

Tara