have you been banned by a buffet?

[alocispepraluger102]

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[7/4]

Time for Rick to go to a meeting. He has to admit he's powerless over food — that his live has become unmanageable.

[Noj]

[Tim McG]

Never been banned....but I was asked to leave once.

Back when I didn't have two nickels to rub together, I used to arrive early then leave late at a local Mongolian BBQ-all you can eat establishment.

Edited January 3, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[alocispepraluger102]

:cool: :cool:

[Chuck Nessa]

When we lived in Madison I had a customer/friend well over the 300 lb mark. He kept after me to go to an "all you can eat" buffet on the outskirts of town. After about a year I gave in so Ann and I went with him. As we entered, the hostess said "Hello Alan" and he announced to us "They are tricky here - they have the bread and potatoes first - they are cheap and fill you up. Wait 'til you get to the meat and fill your plate. He piled that stuff up about 5 inches high and after we were done eating we had to wait about half an hour for him to finish. Then he went to the dessert table. Nice guy, might be dead now.

[GA Russell]

I go to the Golden Corral once a week and load up on vegetables. Even without any meat, it's cheap.

My New Year's resolution is to improve my diet with more fruits and vegetables. I've read that bananas are good for you. My aunt the RN hounds me to eat more beets.

[paul secor]

I have a friend who's not large or overweight, but who can pack it in. He tells the story of going to a buffet, loading up his plate, eating that, and going back for seconds and thirds. At that point, a Sopranos-type put a heavy hand on his shoulder and advised him to "Save some food for the rest of the patrons." My friend took the hint.

[Jazzmoose]

After reading the article, I imagine the restaurant's story is true, about them loading up on the expensive items. You don't get too far running a restaurant in this state if you discriminate against fat people...

[Tim McG]

  paul secor said:

I have a friend who's not large or overweight, but who can pack it in. He tells the story of going to a buffet, loading up his plate, eating that, and going back for seconds and thirds. At that point, a Sopranos-type put a heavy hand on his shoulder and advised him to "Save some food for the rest of the patrons." My friend took the hint.

The owner's wife told me to go....she stood about 4' 10" and told me in broken English, "You go now !"

I figured I could take her, but the cooks were staring at me, too. They were a bit larger than she was. Think middle linebacker.

Back then I was only eating one meal a day and at 6' 2" I could hide behind flagpoles.

I left.

Edited January 3, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[James]

During high school I was banned from a buffet............but it was a guilt by association scenario. My best friend (massive guy, no fat) and another guy his size went in with me one evening, and they decided to compete to see who could eat the most fried fish filets. Big chunks of fish though they were, my buddy won by knocking down around 25, IIRC. We didn't get any flack on that occasion, but my friend is hard to forget -- and the next time we arrived we were turned away at the entryway.

[Debra]

It is interesting that someone mentioned Madison. Did you mean Madison, Wisconsin?

I visited my brother there in the 1970s and went with him and a large group of the other men on his dorm floor to an all you can eat fish fry dinner at Crandall's. I don't know why I remember the name. It was a big mistake to go with a group of men from a dorm. I often wondered during the meal if mankind had evolved much from its prehistoric origins.

Most of the men (term used loosely) ate at least 25 fried fish. Several men ate so many that they could not have been hungry any more.

The owner and his wife came out and looked at our table with disgust. They switched us to some poor quality fish, which did not taste very good.

I was sure that none of us would have been welcome at Crandall's after that. Nothing needed to be said.

[Jazzmoose]

You'd think that restaurant owners would understand that there is a certain segment of the population that considers "ALL YOU CAN EAT" to be a personal challenge...

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

I CAN TAKE ON ALL OF YOU- TO PROVE IT HERE IS A VIDEO I MADE IN THE 80s

[Jazzmoose]

Excellent!

[7/4]

yeah, sure...an all you can eat pizza joint on Times Sq. That sub station is a block north of all those Sam Ash stores on 48th st...