/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10864797
I used to eat there when I was young (back in the ‘80s). No buffet, it was a steak place with a small salad bar. The steaks were okay, about what you would expect from a chain restaurant. The salad bar gave you the option to have some fresh vegetables in addition to your baked potato. Price was about $5.99 a person for a normal meal.

I went into one about four years ago.., it was...
Somewhat horrifying.
The meat counter seemed okay except that people would hover with empty plates and take almost all of any fresh meat put out
The hot food bars were a mess. I saw a woman drop a serving spoon on the floor , pick it up and slap it back into the mashed potatoes.
Salad bar seemed okay. Pretty fresh. Potato salad and crab salad were all gone and not restocked.
I did not go to the dessert bar; I observed from a safe distance.
Most of the people I saw made me kind of sad.

I won’t go back.

>>10414267
Those three injuries were in 2003, 2010, and 2014 though. Not unlucky or unsafe, just a dangerous job.

>>10169456
20 years ago Golden Corral was considered to be an mid-tier family steakhouse. The meat was of good quality, the salads and chicken were respectable. The patrons were middle-class and with fairly well behaved children.
Then, the buffet began.
I am not sure that Golden Corral is directly responsible for the failure of the American experiment but, damn if they aren’t an example of it.