Cafeteria
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A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside North America, is a type of food service location in which there is no waiting staff table service. Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses, although
A corporate office's cafeteria in Bengaluru, India, December 2003.
Hospital cafeteria tray line server in Port Charlotte, Florida
Childs Restaurant circa 1908 Philadelphia, PA
Two men in a canteen at a rest centre in England, 1944
Automat
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An automat is a fast-food restaurant where food and drink are served through a vending machine, typically without waitstaff. The world's first automat, Quisisana, opened in Berlin, Germany, in 1895.
Cafeteria
…Food was purchased at a counter, and patrons ate standing up. This represents the predecessor of two formats: the cafeteria, described below, and the automat. During the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, entrepreneur John Kruger built an American version of the smörgåsbord he had seen while…
The first automat at 13 Leipziger Straße in Berlin, Germany
A food ticket machine in Japan in 2022
An automat in East Berlin, 1954
An automat in Efteling