Automat Returns In Pop-Up Form In the Outer Sunset

Automat Returns In Pop-Up Form In the Outer Sunset

The NoPa neighborhood's well-loved but short-lived new bakery-restaurant of the pandemic era, Automat, closed its doors last summer having not quite made it two years in business. But it's back, in pop-up form.Yes, some of us are still mourning the loss of Automat, which had such promise and served such good food, but in the end fell victim to the cruel economics of the SF restaurant business these days. But chef Matthew Kirk hinted when the res…