Quisisana

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.

This article is about the German automat company Quisisana. For the Italian palace Reggia di Quisisana, see Reggia di Quisisana.

The name Quisisana comes from the Italian phrase qui si sana [ˈkwi ssi ˈsaːna], 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".

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