125% from the death freeze of Jan 2021 is not exactly a sufficient recovery.
I have left the soup plantation.
Inflation has pushed more middle-class and lower-income customers to buffets, analysts say.
“It shows that people are looking for value,” said R.J. Hottovy, the head of analytical research at Placer.
Yessireebub, nothing like watching geezers fork-duel over the last desiccated pork chop at the Early Bird in the Golden Corral. Old Country Buffet was another good one. Or so I heard, uh, from a friend...
The Cinzetti’s Italian buffet just north of me is amazing, but their hours suck.
“Furr’s Fresh Buffet”? Nope. I would have chosen a different last name for the cafe. It wouldn’t matter if I came from a long line of Furrs. I wouldn’t want to be thinking about some animal”s furr while I was eating vermicelli and sauce.
Chris (Mr. Creosote) Christie smiles.
Having a Pranch is a symbol of achievement for small midwestern towns. Good, too.
I’m saved!!!! I was starting to go sub 300 pounds which scared me. I’m like what’s wrong with me? The idea of walking without a cane terrifies me. I could fall and not get up! It’s safer to stay in the extra wide wheel chair. I’m working on getting it modified to have a toilet mounted underneath the seat. That way I can take a dump in Wal-Mart and not slow down in the snack and cookie aisle. But I’m getting off track here. But, yeah these all-you-can-eat places are the bomb. But they better have a good dessert counter. That’s important.
I don’t eat enough to worry about buffets
I get full from just the something on the appetizer menu
This is anti-Lizzo.
In college, I used to go to a local buffet with a friend who was a legendary eater. The owner of this buffet upon seeing my friend show up would oftentimes put his head in his hands, and on one occasion, I believe I saw him weep a tiny bit as my buddy strode to the buffet.
My friend bulldozed the place. I saw him once take an entire meatloaf off the table, eat it in 5 minutes, and when they put a new meatloaf out, he took that one too. I’ll never forget the look on the face of the owner...
Closest one nearest 25 miles away, Golden Corral. $20. All you can eat.
Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes....
I loved that place. The soups were excellent and always changing every two weeks. and I like a huge salad once a week. Our local Golden Coral also closed during the scamdemic.
The three local Chinese buffets survived the lockdowns.
Good news for Chris Christie.
My fav memories of Buffetts were the old Banquet Table Buffetts. Early 90s…They had large wooden tables and chairs and Heraldry up on the walls.
Good food and cheeep! Those days are gone forever even if they come back the low prices won’t—-Build Back Better has made sure of that.
Man and to think we had it so good and didn’t even realize it 😂😭.
I gave up buffets living in a rougher part of town when I unfortunately, went on “peel and eat shrimp and crab leg night”
It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in a restaurant. Loud obnoxious children being sent by their ginormously obese parents to get another plate of shrimps. The worst was licking their fingers right at the serving tray.
If I am that hungry I will just get another plate of fries. q
I never cared for buffets. I’d never get my money’s worth.
I’m a pretty small woman (gasp!).
A box full of leftovers makes for good grazing in the evening or lunch the next day.
They always had a nice selection of food...Mexican fare, American, Chinese, breakfast and pasta bar, seafood, along with a decent salad and dessert bar. They also had a section featuring sliced prime rib, turkey, or roast beef...pork, along with the trimmings, was also available. And the prices were decent. Even though we only met once a month back then, each month the casino gave you incentives to visit...like $15 free plays, once a week, and a $10 voucher for a meal for the month.
Just prior to the lockdown, they closed the buffet, and once they reopened, the area had been turned into a sports betting venue. They eventually opened a new buffet, but it's only open Thursday, Friday, Saturday evening, Sunday for brunch and dinner. Their prices, depending on the day, run from $36.99 to $39.99. There's no way I'd pay that amount to eat there. When we'd go to the old buffet, we took turns paying for each other's meal, and it usually came out to about $40 for the three of us. As well, the casino took away the incentives they offered. The only way you can get a free-play now is to earn 100 points in one day, which you'd have to spend a lot of money to earn, based on their point-earning system. They also took away the meal voucher. There is really no reason to go there anymore since the only people they offer incentives to, are the big spenders.
