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The Real Reason Buffet-Style Dining Is Disappearing
Mashed ^ | 12/17/21 | DB Kelly

Posted on 04/21/2024 3:15:10 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Can you remember visiting a buffet when you were young? It represented a vast stretch of freedom to load up your plate with whatever you wanted. When you're an adult, though, you start asking questions. Are you eating your money's worth? Did that kid really just stick his fingers in the mashed potatoes? Why is everything so sticky?

There's a good chance it's been a while since you've been to a buffet, and suspiciously sticky utensils aren't the only reason. So many people are skipping buffets that this sector of the industry is declining — more than you might think.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: 2021; anachronistic; beforecovid; buffet; food; oldarticle
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Well the good old days Trump of 2019, bc(before covid), there was a chinese buffet on the way to work, it was priced at $7.99 for weekday lunch, and would include all you can eat peel and eat shrimp, the chicken lo mein was great.

Can't believe that was 5 years ago.

Mods pull if too controversial.

Talk about Trump good times.

1 posted on 04/21/2024 3:15:10 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Too many obese women of color wanting Endless Shrimps?


2 posted on 04/21/2024 3:19:22 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: DallasBiff

Um…. The quality is not very high?

When I was a starving student in Atlanta we used to hit this one all-you-can-eat occasionally and back then I thought it was pretty good. One of my roommates actually overindulged to the point he stretched his stomach lol (no permanent damage). That was forty years ago and I think my taste and financial means have improved since then.


3 posted on 04/21/2024 3:19:30 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Mmmm. Endless shrimp. ;)


4 posted on 04/21/2024 3:21:20 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: DallasBiff

There is a Chinese place close to me that still does a great lunch buffet. Be prepared to eat! $15.00… which is about a Big Mac meal lol.


5 posted on 04/21/2024 3:21:37 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: DallasBiff

Eating is not a contest.


6 posted on 04/21/2024 3:22:22 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: DallasBiff

Went to an Asian Buffet a few weeks ago for lunch in the Detroit Area, $20 per adult. It was pretty good with Sushi, but still pricy. Dinner is $30.

https://www.fujibuffet.com/menu


7 posted on 04/21/2024 3:23:02 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: DallasBiff

Grew up with Lake Highlands, Furrs, and Luby’s...mmm


8 posted on 04/21/2024 3:24:39 PM PDT by waterhill (Gonoonqua)
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To: DallasBiff

Hello Trump shut down the country and things have been on the decline ever since . Millions lost everything including small family restaurants .
Have you heard any apologize for putting Dem scarf lady and Dr Evil in charge .


9 posted on 04/21/2024 3:24:41 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: DallasBiff

I hope Golden Corral doesn’t croak. I usually hit that place up a few times a year.


10 posted on 04/21/2024 3:25:01 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: DallasBiff

Buffets have been dying for a while. Realistically they’re all ripoffs, tons of super cheap highly filling food. Most of it not very good, left in a steam tray to rot and pre-ferment. Even before 2020 I think Tucson was down to half a dozen. I don’t miss them.


11 posted on 04/21/2024 3:26:30 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DallasBiff

They used to be everywhere.

Lubys, Bonanza, Golden Corrale (still going), Piccadilly, etc.

Malls usually had one.


12 posted on 04/21/2024 3:26:32 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: waterhill

One misses Luby’s. It was excellent.


13 posted on 04/21/2024 3:27:55 PM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: DallasBiff

Lizzo, Stacey Abrams and Gorlock the Destroyer have pretty much wiped them out.


14 posted on 04/21/2024 3:27:59 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: DallasBiff

They’re not good. And people are disgusting. 🤮


15 posted on 04/21/2024 3:28:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Delta 21

It is for the Lizzo-Abrams-Gorlock tag team.


16 posted on 04/21/2024 3:29:08 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I don’t eat sushi. There are medical issues involved with raw flesh of any kind:
https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/03/19/sushi-parasites-have-increased-283-fold-in-past-40-years/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/parasitic-worms-in-raw-fish-sushi-can-tunnel-through-the-body—533535887094238027/


17 posted on 04/21/2024 3:33:07 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: DallasBiff
Judging by all the morbidly obese people I see in my local supermarket and everywhere else, they can't afford to keep these feed troughs filled and make a profit.

The United States has become the country of self indulgence and obesity.........

18 posted on 04/21/2024 3:33:26 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Uncle Boozie was eaten by cannibals....)
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To: ncalburt
Trump shut down the country

No, alburt. OK, alburt.

19 posted on 04/21/2024 3:34:58 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: DallasBiff

We have a Sirloin Stockade still going strong in my hometown. I was there last week.


20 posted on 04/21/2024 3:37:36 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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