Lakeside Grille at Church Landing

[Descant]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

As long as all the items are on the menu, I don't see what the problem is.

At a buffet, I can take a small sample and if I like it, come back for more. Ordering A La Carte, I have to pay for a full serving of something I might not want much of. Breakfast menus often have combinations e.g. sausage, eggs toast and hash browns. If I don't want hash browns, that's OK, but they don't reduce the price for a #3 breakfast. They add $ if you want extra sausage. At a buffet, everybody in your party can eat right away, everything is ready. A La Carte we all have to wait for the one who ordered whatever takes the longest to prepare. The list goes on. They are two different experiences.

[Mr. V]

I cannot speak for how things are back east but here in the west buffets are becoming increasingly rare.

Many former buffets have closed, including ones at hotels, casinos, and stand-alones.

I doubt that closures are due to changing consumer tastes: probably related to the inflated cost of food.

Enjoy them while / if you can.

[John Mercier]

I've never liked them.
Work does them all the time, and just not my thing.

[jbolty]

Originally Posted by Descant

At a buffet, I can take a small sample and if I like it, come back for more. Ordering A La Carte, I have to pay for a full serving of something I might not want much of. Breakfast menus often have combinations e.g. sausage, eggs toast and hash browns. If I don't want hash browns, that's OK, but they don't reduce the price for a #3 breakfast. They add $ if you want extra sausage. At a buffet, everybody in your party can eat right away, everything is ready. A La Carte we all have to wait for the one who ordered whatever takes the longest to prepare. The list goes on. They are two different experiences.

when I was young I like buffets because you could eat a ton, now I like them because of the variety. I can have one shrimp, one wing, three meatballs and a single table spoon of potato salad if I want. Of course it's not a fine dining experience but seems like a way for places to solve some of the staff shortage problems. On the other hand, since people seem to be devolving by the day I have witnessed a lot of selfish entitled jerks going out of their way to trash the line and waste a bunch of food deliberately which of course impacts food costs

[John Mercier]

Food costs can be overcome by higher pricing.

[Biggd]

Just a heads up for anyone that frequents the Common Man restaurants, they are offering 25% off E-gift cards thru the end of March.