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BusyBeingBest

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5. We picked up a Red Lobster curbside pickup order

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 08:44 AM

Jul 2020

the other day because I had a crazy craving for coconut shrimp--nearby was the Golden Corral, closed down--never been there. Buffets are not usually my thing, being a germaphobe long before coronavirus, but there was one I really enjoyed: Jodeans in Yankton, South Dakota. Hope they can survive.

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Coronavirus: The slow death of the American all-you-can-eat buffet [View all] marmar Jul 2020 OP

I loved my neighborhood Chinese buffet for years irisblue Jul 2020 #1

Same here ☹️ zeusdogmom Jul 2020 #18

Buffets are a problem during a pandemic. LisaL Jul 2020 #2

Another type of business that is no longer viable. lark Jul 2020 #3

Exactly Takket Jul 2020 #6

Gloved hand and hazmat suit. louis-t Jul 2020 #23

That's what they do on cruise ships SoCalNative Jul 2020 #28

That takes a lot of cheap labor. Laelth Jul 2020 #31

Oh, right, the breakfast bars in hotels. :( tanyev Jul 2020 #4

We stayed at a hotel recently MissB Jul 2020 #8

Was the self-serve coffee station still there? marmar Jul 2020 #9

Nope MissB Jul 2020 #22

Good to know, thanks. tanyev Jul 2020 #12

We also had to notify them MissB Jul 2020 #25

It's not going to change these things. Jirel Jul 2020 #16

We picked up a Red Lobster curbside pickup order BusyBeingBest Jul 2020 #5

I was taken to a Golden Corral once gollygee Jul 2020 #11

That's about what I would've expected... BusyBeingBest Jul 2020 #32

Great. We're trading the image of the 400lbs Olde Country Buffet patron Aristus Jul 2020 #7

I think if the buffets add karaoke business will return to normal. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #10

Haaaa!!! louis-t Jul 2020 #24

* Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #38

Big deal. Jirel Jul 2020 #13

What's the big deal? It's not like the BBC isn't covering the other news. marmar Jul 2020 #15

LOL. Jirel Jul 2020 #21

The bigger issue is the fate of any lunch trade restaurant in a CBD brooklynite Jul 2020 #14

True. marmar Jul 2020 #17

Coronavirus has only exposed how gross buffets were from the beginning greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #19

True on the first part.....Oh hell no on the Star Wars statement. marmar Jul 2020 #20

I remember being at a buffet with my uncle. louis-t Jul 2020 #26

Slow death? More like a heart attack. fescuerescue Jul 2020 #27

I really hope not SoCalNative Jul 2020 #29

My kids' favorite place to eat was Sweet Tomatoes Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2020 #30

They could be revamped AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #33

Yes. Self serve places are dead, but we will be back to cafeteria style. Not a bad thing. madinmaryland Jul 2020 #34

I ate thousands of comped buffets in Las Vegas Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #35

From this day forward AwakeAtLast Jul 2020 #36

some might go cafeteria style pstokely Jul 2020 #37