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Bamnit!
IMG_1668.JPG, blogged to Slice from the Flickr photostream of capndesign
After years of automat deprivation, New Yorkers can once again slot their money into a machine, open a little door, and grab a quick, hot treat. I wish I could say "hot and delicious treat," but the offerings at the newly opened automat Bamn just didn't stack up.
"Hamburger Matty" (from Slice's sister site, A Hamburger Today) and I stopped by earlier this evening for a quick dinner. We couldn't resist; the place serves a couple different kinds of burgers in addition to "pizza dumplings" (right) and mozzarella sticks.
I was jazzed to try the place. One, because I never had a chance to try the legendary Horn & Hardart Automats of a bygone New York, and, two, because I loved the FEBO automats I encountered in Amsterdam earlier this year.
With great expectations comes great disappointment. I had hopes that the pizza dumplings ($2 for four pieces) would be a slightly more elevated take on the Totino's Pizza Rolls I used to enjoy as an afterschool snack.
Eh. They weren't. For $2, I could have bought an entire box of Totino's and stayed home.
Here's more pix from the trip:
Innards:
They come with a nondescript marinara sauce for dipping:
Here's the upskirt. Not much of a looker for pizza voyeurs, though:
