Food & Drink

Lombrano Food Hall offers automated food experiences that mostly hit the mark

Given a boost during the pandemic, the notion of 'touchless' or 'contactless' food ordering has once again become a dining option.

By Ron Bechtol

I recently stumbled across an early '50s photo of Audrey Hepburn, white gloves and all, standing in front of a row of chrome and glass cubicles at a Manhattan Horn & Hardart Automat. The starlet in the photo is presumably about to put her nickels into a slot that will open to a seductive slice of pie, an illuminated slab of meatloaf or something similarly tasty...

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