page_title: Quisisana
hierarchical_section_title: Quisisana
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Stollwerck-Automatenrestaurant in Berlin von 1896
context_page_description: Quisisana was a German company that introduced the world's first automat restaurant in June 1895 on the grounds of the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany. The establishment was considered a success, selling 5,400 sandwiches, 9,000 glasses of wine and cordials, and 22,000 cups of coffee on its first Sunday of business. Quisisana also manufactured automat machines and equipment, including a milk vending machine which was adapted for use in German schools.
  The name Quisisana comes from the Italian phrase qui si sana, which roughly translates to "here one is healed" or "here you become healthy". Automat is a loanword from German for automaton which was adopted from Latin automatus, who originally borrowed it from the Greek autómatos meaning "acting of itself".
context_section_description: Quisisana was a German company that introduced the world's first automat restaurant in June 1895 on the grounds of the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany. The establishment was considered a success, selling 5,400 sandwiches, 9,000 glasses of wine and cordials, and 22,000 cups of coffee on its first Sunday of business. Quisisana also manufactured automat machines and equipment, including a milk vending machine which was adapted for use in German schools.
  The name Quisisana comes from the Italian phrase qui si sana, which roughly translates to "here one is healed" or "here you become healthy". Automat is a loanword from German for automaton which was adopted from Latin automatus, who originally borrowed it from the Greek autómatos (αὐτόματος) meaning "acting of itself".
caption: The world's first automat "Quisisana" at 13 Leipziger Straße in Berlin Germany. Illustration from 1897.
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