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Who remembers Wendy's SuperBar?     Who remembers the Pizza Hut buffet?   I'm pretty sure some still exist! There was one near me with a lunch buffet but it closed a couple years ago. Did you know there's at least one KFC with a buffet?? This one is in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin! It's had a buffet for decades.  I for one would really enjoy a buffet of various Taco Bell crunchwrap wedges or Wendy's spicy nugs.
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whos got the scoop on casino buffets
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Feb 5, 2020 00:37
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I swear buffets were way more common when I was a kid.
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Feb 5, 2020 00:38
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Resting Lich Face posted:I swear buffets were way more common when I was a kid. I think that's true, they kind of had a heyday in the 80s and 90s when everyone wanted to supersize everything and all that. Then I think people became more health conscious and didn't want to eat 3 plates and got grossed out when Sizzler got shut down for ebola or whatever. I think buffets are primed to make a comeback! They kind of already are with fancy grocery stores with big hot bars for millennials and xennials who don't want to cook.
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Feb 5, 2020 00:43
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Maybe they shut down because John Pinette be there four hour.
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Feb 5, 2020 01:43
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remember ponderosa apparently there's still 75 of them somewhere out there
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Feb 5, 2020 02:04
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Flunky posted:remember ponderosa I have 1 in my city. It sucks
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Feb 5, 2020 02:43
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Dr. Akitins and his army of bad breath people and their flittering test strips did serious damage across the mid level management spreadsheets of the meat and cheese serving AYCE industry.
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Feb 5, 2020 03:23
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My favorite genre of buffet is the Chinese buffet that also serves sushi. Actually a straight up sushi buffet is better but I haven't seen one in a long time. Those probably dont make money because people like me go and eat all the sushi.
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Feb 5, 2020 03:32
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Pizza hut buffet pizza is not the same as ordered pies I swear though. But early 90's eating in a smoky, dimly lit Pizza Hut with my free personal pan for filling up another Book It! button, while my dad drinks light beer and eats off the buffet is a memory I All the KFC/Pizza Hut buffets I can think of, are right on an intestate exit.
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Feb 5, 2020 03:43
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Cici’s pizza still exists and while it is scrub tier pizza, it’s infinity slices for $5.
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Feb 5, 2020 04:22
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Everyone owes it to themselves to read Golden_Corral.txt It's about a guy going to Golden Corral to people watch. And the sights he sees are amazing. I read it maybe once a year. ----------------
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Mar 24, 2021 00:13
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I wish Hartz Chicken Buffet would expand outside Texas.  for AYCE of every part of the chicken including livers and guzzards? I can already feel the excess grease building up on my face.  
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Mar 24, 2021 11:26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs When I worked near a Golden Corral I would go there for lunch once every couple months to fill up a to-go box. The people I saw sitting in the booths by themselves at 1:30 on a Tuesday afternoon, honestly depressed the hell out of me and ruined the rest of my day.
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Mar 24, 2021 12:59
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Seems more Americans are realizing that dinner doesn't have to be eating 3 plates full of meat followed up by a plate full of desserts OP. hth. Although when I was a kid / teen, there was a small pizza place that had a buffet that was pretty awesome. Good pizza and pasta & salad... ----------------
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Mar 24, 2021 18:42
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looking forward to eating myself into a coma at an indian buffet or buffets at some point later this year
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Mar 24, 2021 19:17
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Haven't been to a chinese buffet in forever, seems like. Used to live near one that had these MASSIVE mussels, sushi, and some super good hot'n'sour soup all of which I am now missing.
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Mar 24, 2021 21:12
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Seems more Americans are realizing that dinner doesn't have to be eating 3 plates full of meat followed up by a plate full of desserts OP. hth. I just can't eat as much as I used to. In the past few years, even when I go to a regular restaurant I have to cut my burger in half. If I was 16 I could spend over an hour eating at a buffet. ----------------
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Mar 24, 2021 22:27
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the filthy rear end KING BUFFET SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MORE recently re-opened near me. they get busses of fogers from odl folks homes and poo poo a lot. it is also PACKED again, despite the deadly disease ransacking our country lmfao  TO BE HONEST it is loving good and it supremely owns to drink 1-2 40oz liquors while walking to the KING BUFFET and then feast, forever.
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Mar 25, 2021 02:47
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u can get, like, 9999 shrimp. no problem.
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Mar 25, 2021 02:48
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i started posting pics of golden corral in the Americana thread today
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Mar 25, 2021 02:59
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I don’t think it’s Americans being any more health conscious. Quite the opposite, I think we got Too Good at buffets to make it a sane monetary proposition for the chain. I’m old enough to remember the Wendy’s Superbar — there was a delicate balance in making stuff like this work which centered around 65+ seniors in WW2 veteran hats hanging out at a fast food restaurants socially for hours and spending money on coffee but eating a reasonable human’s portion. This balanced out the pothead teenagers and gluttonous boomer dads who were already taking the restaurant for a bath. In 2021 sure some people will avoid buffets to be healthy but those who show up will eat them out of loving house and home. Consider Youtubers, gym guys, legal weed and what you’d need to charge at a fast food restaurant to turn a profit on unlimited food
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Besides featuring several dead wrestlers, this commercial also stuck with me because of the buffet advertisements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7aCcoxU4Q All the pizza, salad, and muffins you can handle. Muffins? I think they realized that was insane and revised it to garlic toast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVotqu-pZw4 770e4133fe864efdb5a3d5860573ed6c
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Mar 25, 2021 23:23
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HD DAD posted:Cici’s pizza still exists and while it is scrub tier pizza, it’s infinity slices for $5. This applies to almost everything posted in this subforum, but what the gently caress is it made of to be virtually free.
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Mar 26, 2021 17:17
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Torquemada posted:This applies to almost everything posted in this subforum, but what the gently caress is it made of to be virtually free. It was a dollar for college students on Mondays at my school. Explain how that worked lol
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Mar 26, 2021 17:21
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used to loving love Old Country Buffet. bring back Old Country Buffet. i have a handful of chinese lunch buffets still around but i don't want loving chinese buffet 24/7, i want roast beef and french fries and heinously gooey mac and cheese and all other manners of disgusting american food that chinese buffets just can't match
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Mar 26, 2021 20:44
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i legit want to go back to a ryan's/ponderosa/etc. just to eat like, 30 of those big yeast rolls. i was a fan of Sweet Tomatoes/Souplantation too, the salad/soup/pasta buffet chain. COVID finally ripped them all though
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Mar 26, 2021 20:49
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Tato posted:Besides featuring several dead wrestlers, this commercial also stuck with me because of the buffet advertisements. off topic but imagine trying to actually get a warranty repair on your 15 dollar plastic telephone ----------------
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Mar 26, 2021 21:31
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the brazilian steakhouse places are top tier buffets honorable mention is the fancy loving hotel restaurant easter brunch in your city that's like $60/person and has ice sculptures
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Mar 26, 2021 22:30
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carry on then posted:off topic but imagine trying to actually get a warranty repair on your 15 dollar plastic telephone hey, that was a LOT of money back then like $40
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WEH posted:looking forward to eating myself into a coma at an indian buffet or buffets at some point later this year the indian restaurant near me used to do a sunday buffet in the before times, and it was like, not a buffet restaurant quality thing it was like a national holiday "all your family is here" quality potluck, everything was amazing, no trays of cheap zero effort greasefood every single week. you could come by any sunday and it felt like you stopped at somebody's wedding or christmas family meal, all dishes on point like your parents and aunts and uncles were trying to outdo each other politely I miss chinese buffets more though, because I am guilty of the sin of gluttony. Salty, crispy, savory, spicy, crunchy, tender, give me all the meats coated in all the things. Breaded fried shrimp in mayo? Sure, why the gently caress not? Interlude at plate 3 or so to have the "mongolian grill" make you a plate of 3x spicy garlic noodles/zucchini/mushrooms/onions. Fried biscuit dough rolled in sugar. Sesame balls. Questionable sushi. Chicken wangs. Panko breaded fried veg slices. Salt and pepper breaded frog legs. A big vat of "soup with dumplings" where you can have OOPS ALL DUMPLINGS AND GREEN ONION bowl
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I miss Pizza Hut buffet. The one near me closed down and they moved to a new building with delivery/carryout only and no dining room. That seems to be the hot new trend
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Mar 27, 2021 07:54
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my kingdom for a plate of chicken on a stick and egg rolls with a cup of hot mustard
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Mar 27, 2021 12:13
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WITCHCRAFT posted:A big vat of "soup with dumplings" where you can have OOPS ALL DUMPLINGS AND GREEN ONION bowl  I would take the bowl (or if it's a real classy place, a soup mug that still has Big Country Buffet stamped on the bottom) and get some lo mein and top it off with hot and sour soup and lots of green onions.
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you broke my grill posted:I miss Pizza Hut buffet. The one near me closed down and they moved to a new building with delivery/carryout only and no dining room. That seems to be the hot new trend I think that's pretty much every Pizza Hut now. I couldn't tell you where an actual sit down version was in my area.
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Shoney's breakfast buffet man. Just loading up a plate with heaps and heaps of bacon. The KFC buffet has a special place in my heart, and I think the one in my hometown still has it but only during lunch. Anyway, one of my high school buddies lived within a mile of this KFC buffet. When I finally decided that, yeah, I was ready to give weed a go, he and another friend of ours decided the best way to go about my introduction to the Devil's lettuce was to smoke up and walk to the KFC buffet. And I'm here to tell ya, buddy, they were absolutely correct.
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Mar 27, 2021 22:20
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I had a buffet in my old neighborhood that was like all the best parts of a chinese buffet plus the best parts of Golden Corral. They even cooked [albeit lovely quality] steak to your liking. Goddamn I loved that place. It didn't survive through the pandemic though. 
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I remember Rax, a roast beef place like Arbys, having a taco buffet. I always liked the Pizza Hut buffets, especially when they did wings. The chicken alfredo pasta was pretty good. It seems like every couple years I come across a KFC lunch buffet, probably overdue for one. Need to travel more I guess. Who else's parents used to say you were below the children discount age when you obviously weren't? No one ever questioned it but man I was embarrassed every time. 
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