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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Seriously (not really), I want to open a dining hall in a highly congested urban area where 22-25 yr olds live (Wrigleyville in Chicago for example).
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They had these in turn-of-the-century urban areas. They were called Automats, and originally served blue collar workers hot lunches and packaged sandwiches, but also were open for cheap, waiterless dinners served from steam tables, just like a college cafeteria. They flourished through the '50s but were killed by the rise of fast food chains.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...od/4618297.htm
Personally, I think it's a great idea. Fast food chains and takeout salad bars have positively destroyed a centuries-old tradition of meeting friends for informal dining, which explains why America has none of the pub/café life that makes Europe so liveable despite its supposedly second-world economy.
