As a young lad our family used to go to Quincy’s (now mostly defunct except for a few locations hanging on for dear life,) specifically for the “Superbar” buffet. Then my brother witnessed another kid scraping his leftover mac and cheese (who doesn’t finish their mac and cheese?) back onto the bar. Between that and…

I can think of about half a dozen shabu shabu locations near me. If they don’t survive it’ll be a real shame. The one I mentioned above is huge; it takes up most of a floor in a building that has a city block footprint. And cheap: like $40.00 for a 2.5 hour long all-you-can-eat.
My office (located in Long Island City) …

It was a big wall of shiny metal doors, each with a glass window. Sometimes each individual door was coin- or token-operated, meaning each door was lockable. All those little locks were mechanical and didn’t require a power source.

Given the high levels of crowding and low levels of mask use in places like Lake of the Ozarks and Florida this Memorial Day weekend, it seems unlikely that there’s going to be a huge, permanent backlash against buffets and salad bars.

It’s so beautiful I could cry.

When I was a kid, Wendy’s salad bar was the reason we went there. Mom could build a salad and my brother and I could get burgers. Everyone enjoyed the Frosties and fries.

They’ve been on their way out for some time now really.

I love, love, love the semi-hung-over breakfast buffets in vegas. All the bacon I can eat is a pretty good amount of bacon.

These guys have the right idea

Private dining on the Queen Mary was the best culinary experience i have ever had. So glad I did that before this!!! No chance I will even contemplate going on any cruise ship ever again.

This is exactly why I always used extra safety precautions even before the coronavirus because people are just nasty. (And why do people let their kids go to the dessert bar by themselves? Nobody wants to use the chocolate fountain after those little heathens have stuck their fingers and tongues in it.)

Former grocery store worker here. Yup, people are disgusting. I’ve seen them sneeze on, cough on, and lick food. You never, ever saw employees get lunches from the salad bar. The hot soup area was used though(but we never got the bread rolls, only the sealed crackers). We also had to boot a guy out of the store…

If buffet/all you can eat places do go away forever, the one place I’ll miss is called Spring Shabu Shabu in Flushing. It’s hotpot, cook at your table. Because it used to always be packed, the place was great: you’d eat and get a steam facial.  Granted it was broth steam....

The last time I went to Wegmans prior to the pandemic shut downs, I was in an absolute panic and desperately needed food and went to see the hot bar option.

I envy those living in areas where buffet dining is not a thing. Last week, in South Carolina, I watched people packing in to a Chinese buffet restaurant near my house. It's going to be so scary when the hospitals run out of ventilators here.

Maybe it’s time to revamp and improve Automats. 

. . . or the salad bar, once a solid deli/grocery store standby, but now a virus petri dish.

Yes, absolute perfection! But then the tabs would have to admit that it wasn’t Meghan’s "fault"...and they’ll never ever admit that.

This is so godsdamn perfect that I hope a tabloid editor somewhere is weeping because they didn’t think of it first.

Apparently, Harry hates the term “Megxit” because it implies Meghan was the one who wanted to leave the U.K., though it is a convenient pun. Perhaps “Susxit”