01-21-2016, 01:28 PM
(01-21-2016, 01:06 PM)plam Wrote:(01-21-2016, 09:28 AM)MidTowner Wrote: What are the chances of another buffet place? I'm presuming a buffet restaurant's kitchen is more-or-less like any other, and that a buffet restaurant's space doesn't need to be torn apart to accommodate a full-service restaurant. I feel like the buffet format is a lot less popular than it used to be.
I think you're right. Or maybe it's just you and me who don't go to buffets anymore. I did notice that one buffet restaurant I used to go to in Montreal downsized and part of its space got taken over by a non-buffet restaurant.
At least for me, it's a question of quality over quantity. And I suspect that with the number of high-quality restaurants compared to a decade or two ago (as well as higher-quality ingredients and prepared foods in grocery stores), there are many other people who would prefer to have something delicious rather than mountains of mostly mediocre food at a buffet restaurant.
I will admit that I make the exception for the lunch buffet at Indian restaurants ...