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I've noticed that there just aren't that many All-You-Can-Eat-Buffets in the city. You can find them in many areas outside the city and in other cities.
Maybe they did the market research and it shows lack of profitability. The all you can eat buffet needs people who undereat to come in and not just everyone who plans to over eat. Maybe in areas where there are families, the grandma and the young daughter eat like birds while the dad eats like a glutton. But since they paid for 3 tickets, the two undereaters balance out the overeater.
Maybe in NYC, they already know that if they offer one, they will be flooded with only people who plan to overeat.
Because the quality of the food is usually not good. I know I don't have as much quality control over my food when I eat out in terms of sanitation. But there is just something barf inducing about having my food laying out for random people to play in before I share my portion.
I dine out for the amazing flavor and ambiance. Buffets are usually lacking.
Maybe they did the market research and it shows lack of profitability. The all you can eat buffet needs people who undereat to come in and not just everyone who plans to over eat. Maybe in areas where there are families, the grandma and the young daughter eat like birds while the dad eats like a glutton. But since they paid for 3 tickets, the two undereaters balance out the overeater.
Maybe in NYC, they already know that if they offer one, they will be flooded with only people who plan to overeat.
Maybe they did the market research and it shows lack of profitability. The all you can eat buffet needs people who undereat to come in and not just everyone who plans to over eat. Maybe in areas where there are families, the grandma and the young daughter eat like birds while the dad eats like a glutton. But since they paid for 3 tickets, the two undereaters balance out the overeater.
Maybe in NYC, they already know that if they offer one, they will be flooded with only people who plan to overeat.
Lol this? This is compleltely wrong. I highly doubt this. For traveling throughout America in my experiences, buffet are staple.
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Originally Posted by antinimby
I've noticed that there just aren't that many All-You-Can-Eat-Buffets in the city. You can find them in many areas outside the city and in other cities.
NYC is one of least American cities in the country besides San Francisco. In other parts of the country buffets are a mainstay. Being least American reflects on the cities eating culture. One thing I noticed way outside of the city is eating or food culture. Buffet are staples in places such as the South and out West. I'm sure their are buffet that exist in NYC, but probably exist in areas where there is high numbers of general American culture, and I'm not talking about sophisticated gentry folks either. Maybe in places like Harlem a buffet is probably around or in parts of Central Brooklyn or in Eastern Queens like Jamaica. I think there is a buffet here in Mott Haven. I think its like 4.99 a plate, but I have yet to eat there. I just don't like the idea of different people plucking out food with the same giant utensil where germs, bacteria and viruses can spread or cross contaminate. The best Buffet I have had was in Las Vegas and in DC. I think if NYC had more general American culinary culture, buffet would be a cultural mainstay in the city.
We have enough over weight people, we don't need any all you can get buffets making people fat.
in some parts of the country, I have seen very thin people at buffet, vs a big person stuffing down pasta down is esophagus here in NYC.
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Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock
Buffets are usually more popular in conservative areas than liberal areas. Something about buffets just seems so unseemly and low class.
This is very true. I noticed this as well. Conservative or moderate areas will have buffet. Any wehre liberal with an ambience that is European, or a fusion of Asian something like San Franciscoesque type of ambiance will not have any sort of buffets.
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