Mester's Automat Cafeteria

168 Navajo Blvd., Holbrook, AZ
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Dick Mester had managed the original Campbell's Coffee House before WWII. In the early 1940's the coffee shop moved about a half block from it's location on Navajo Blvd. to this building on the SE corner of Hopi Ave. and Navajo Blvd.

Sometime after the mid-fifties this location became Mester's Automat Cafeteria. Which was promoted as the "First eating establishment of this kind in Arizona". In an Automat Cafeteria the food was served from vending machines. For many years it was also a Greyhound bus depot. They continued to operate the bus depot after closing the restaurant. Dick's wife Gladys retired in the early 1990s.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

AUTOMAT CAFETERIA
168 Navajo Blvd., Holbrook, Ariz.
First eating establishment of this kind in Arizona.

NOTE: This postcards shows a Greyhound Scenic Cruiser style bus parked at the curb. Those buses went into service in the mid-50s.

Photo(s): 2015