{"id":8264,"date":"2021-05-12T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasserstrom.com\/blog\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:01:22","slug":"the-future-of-buffets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserstrom.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/the-future-of-buffets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Buffets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What started out in 1940s Vegas as an idea to keep customers in casinos longer blossomed into an American tradition of excess and perceived value. All-you-can-eat buffets offered Americans a food journey through bottomless plates of endless options and mismatched culinary pairings; Indian buffets offered a vegetarian delight; and event banquet buffets were often the highlight of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buffets 2.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, after Covid began permeating every facet of life in 2020 we are left wondering, do buffets even have a future in American society? We believe the short answer to be yes. Having said that, in order to responsibly present buffets in a society plagued by a virus and its variants, traditional aspects of an all-you-can-eat scenario will look very different for the foreseeable future — or what we like to call Buffets 2.0., the next iteration of American-style smorgasbords. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Problems Solved by Buffets 2.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to traditional buffets, the two main problems Covid brings to the table are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n