via: https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/2025_07_flatpack/

Today we’re talking about diners, cafeterias, and Automats: the missing piece in modern eating. If you’ve cooked in a small old apartment kitchen, you might ask, how did everyone cook all their meals here. The answer: maybe they didn’t. Horn & Hardart Automats and diners historically are a big part of city eating. What else comes up in the video? IKEA, Celebrate the Century stamps, horses, and a splash of Gilmore Girls.

As someone who currently eats at their work’s cafeteria and school’s dining halls, I wish we had cafeterias I could go to with the homies.