The buffet got creamed during the pandemic.
Even when diners crept back into restaurants covered in hand sanitizer, a model of eating based on shared serving spoons and food seasoned with the breath of strangers seemed like a goner.
But the all-you-can-eat buffet, that symbol of America’s love of choice and penchant for excess, will not be denied.
From piles of crab legs at swank Las Vegas casinos to pans of fried chicken in small-town Southern restaurants, the buffet is back, baby.
But at the most lavish spreads in Las Vegas, where dinner can cost $79.99 before cocktails and tax, reservations remain hard to come by and waits can stretch to more than two hours.
Persons:
swank, ”, Lance Trenary
Organizations:
Golden, ”
Locations:
Southern, Las Vegas