On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:00:15 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:24:02 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2013-09-13 12:43:33 +0000, sf said:
>>
>> > Real cafeterias that are open to the general public like a restaurant,
>> > not company cafeterias? IKEA has one but it's located inside the
>> > store - which makes it more like a company cafeteria IMO.
>>
>> Except it only has like three lunches, year in and year out.
>
>That's more variety than any cafeteria I remember. Only modern
>(usually high tech) company cafeterias with actual chef's in charge of
>the menu have any sort of variation. The cafeteria food in the hotel
>I worked at a bazillion years ago varied, but what was served there
>depended on what wasn't used at the hotel run restaurants. I guess you
>could say hotel employees were the stop before it went into the
>garbage can.
>>
>> > We still have a couple of old fashioned hofbraus here, but that's as close as
>> > it gets.
>>

Check out K & W cafeterias and Piccadilly cafeterias. They seem to
have the southeast pretty will covered. They are both real
cafeterias, open to the public. They cook real food. I have eaten in
K & W's since the late 1940's. It was a treat whenever we went to
Winston Salem. Still eat there on occasion. For several years when
we lived in Hampton, VA we met another couple for dinner most every
Sunday night. The location has moved but is still in town.

I sometimes plan our travel around K & W if we are going to be in
their area. If I want a full meal at lunch I can get it. Or just
salads & veggies if that suits our plans better. Or their chocolate
pie.
--
Susan N.

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