Sunday, September 03, 2006

New York Minute

This is on the list of places to dine when Amy and I return to Manhattan.

Consigned to dining dinosaurdom since the last Automat closed in 1991, the eatery idea returns to the Big Apple this week with a modern twist.

A team of entrepreneurs is launching Bamn! Automat in the East Village complete with a menu of pizza dumpling, mac-and-cheese pockets and bite-size chicken nuggets.

The 600-square-foot eatery offers a tiny storefront and no seats. Designed for hip, barhopping, schedule-lacking students and nostalgic tourists, the St. Marks Place store will be open 24 hours.

Best of all, the price is still hard to beat: Most items cost less than $3.

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