An all-you-can-eat restaurant ( AYCE ) is a type of restaurant in which a fixed price is charged for entry, after which diners may consume as much food as they wish. All-you-can-eat establishments are frequently self-service buffets , but some AYCE restaurants instead provide waitservice based on an unlimited series of written orders for specific foods.
6-535: Taybarns was a British low cost all-you-can-eat restaurant chain owned by Whitbread , modelled on the Golden Corral chain in the United States . Customers paid on arrival and could eat as much food as they liked from a 34-metre-long food counter. As with most buffets, there was a lower price at lunchtime than evenings, and a slightly higher charge was levied at weekends and during bank holidays. In March 2016, it
12-536: The Brewers Fayre brand. All-you-can-eat The all-you-can-eat buffet has been ascribed to Herb McDonald , a Las Vegas publicity and entertainment manager who introduced the idea in 1946. In his 1965 novel The Muses of Ruin , William Pearson wrote of the buffet: At midnight every self-respecting casino premières its buffet— the eighth wonder of the world, the one true art form this androgynous harlot of cities has delivered herself of... We marvel at
18-523: The Great Pyramids, but they were built over decades; the midnight buffet is built daily. Crushed-ice castles and grottoes chill the shrimp and lobster. Sculptured aspic is scrolled with Paisley arabesques. They are, laid out with reverent artistry: hors d'oeuvres, relish, salads, and sauces; crab, herring oyster, sturgeon, octopus, and salmon; turkey, ham, roast beef, casseroles, fondues, and curries; cheeses, fruits, and pastries. How many times you go through
24-510: The company made public its intention to expand rapidly, as did Fos, with CEO Martin Howe stating that some Brewers Fayre pubs would be converted to the Taybarns brand and up to thirty new restaurants to open the following year. However, the company was unable to open new restaurants, due to the high costs of such extensive refurbishments and in 2016, it was announced that all seven sites would be returned to
30-549: The line is a private matter between you and your capacity, and then between your capacity and the chef's evil eye. A 2011 study showed that the actual amount of food consumed increases with the price charged for the buffet. The all-you-can-eat business model is also prevalent in Korean barbecue and Chinese hot pot restaurants, as well as in Brazilian churrascarias . When applied to beverages , particularly alcoholic beverages ,
36-515: Was announced that following a strategic corporate review, all Taybarns Restaurants would close and convert to pub restaurants of Brewers Fayre . When the South Shields Taybarns closed on 13 September 2016, the business became defunct. The seven Taybarns restaurants were in Barnsley , Coventry , Newcastle-under-Lyme , Gateshead , South Shields , Swansea , and Wigan . In October 2009,
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