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[shawnbuddy]

I saw the linked commercial, with "Everything Al." The Superbar was probably discontinued because they were encouraging people to eat $10 worth of food and charging them $3.

 

[Gandara]

There was one where I lived. I used to get the onions and cheese from there for my chile after they I found out they would charge 30 cents extra. The way they would say it annoyed me as it seemed like it was something extra but never mentioned they would charge until you got your bill.

 

[TickleMeElbow]

I remember it being more of a salad bar than an actual buffet.

 

[Shanlei91]

I miss Sizzler.

 

[Goldenroad]

I was gonna say no, but then I saw the picture. I totally remember that. Aww man, I could go for a terrible salad bar right now, with hard bacon bit things that aren't really bacon....mmmm....

 

[Digital-Hero]

Yes, I worked at Wendy's in high school and had a salad bar. They removed it in 1998.

 

[Into the Light]

Not 90's but I remember 80's did.

 

[HammerOfThor]

Nope, but a local Pizza Hut did.

 

[Espo83]

Yes. or at least like a baked potato bar.

 

[Fragamemnon]

This was more of an 80s thing and holy cow did I chow down on some mexican fiesta back in the day as a kid.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

If Trump had really wanted to make America great again he would have promised to bring these back.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Get up early and hit the McDonald's breakfast buffet. Make my own sausage biscuit. It was one of the greatest things in the world. My little league coach would use it as motivation too.

 

[Cocaloch]

Yes, also the Popeye's in my hometown still has the buffet.

 

[Green Ninja]

Not sure - Sizzler satisfied all my 90s buffet needs.

They still do

 

[Linkura]

YES

I loved it as a kid even though the food was actually kind of crap.

Also, for people who didn't experience these buffets, they actually did NOT have burgers and fries on them. They had 3 sections: pasta, Mexican, and salads.

 

[Into the Light]

Shakeys pizza buffet baby!!!!!

 

[Lonewulfeus]

Hell yea it did and all I ever ate was plates of garlic bread. God I miss that garlic bread

 

[Chubzdoomer]

Not Wendy's but I did happen to stumble upon a KFC that had a buffet.

This was maybe a few months ago.

I have one of those about 15 minutes from where I live.

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I don't remember mine having a superbar, but I do remember they served fried chicken. It was good, too. I stopped going to Wendy's when they stopped serving it.

 

[New002]

No but one of the McDonald's by me growing up had an all you can eat breakfast buffet. It was amazing.

And yes poster above me, Wendy's fried chicken was amazing. I miss it

 

[cirrhosis]

I didn't step into a Wendy's until my 20s. Didn't see any buffets then.

 

[slit]

No but I used to have a Roy Rogers nearby that did. That place ruled.

Rax > Roy Rogers

 

[phanphare]

yes. pretty sure it had chocolate pudding too.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Yep. Loved it.

Found an ad for it as well

Holy shit did those pics bring me back. I remember seeing it when I was a kid; I liked the potatoes with lots of bacon bits.

Guessing the food on it sucked ass, but as a kid it was pretty amazing.

 

[akira28]

McDonalds Breakfast Buffet. place was packed.

Shakeys pizza buffet baby!!!!!

Yessss

edit: double yes on the Wendys fried chicken. when they went burgers only and lost the chicken and even the tenders there was that much less of a reason to go. Plus the prices now, they think they're Five Guys or something.

 

[MrToughPants]

I have no idea. I have never been inside a Wendy's in my life.

The last time I was in a Wendy my pee would burn.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

I don't have a local Wendy's and haven't in a really long time but I vaguely remember the main one I use to go to when we went to "the city" having one.

 

[The Giant]

I still find it weird that Wendy's in America is a fast food joint. In Australia, it's an ice cream shop.

 

[Original Famous Ray]

They still do

wow...they still exist! Looks like are a West Coast thing now. Used to be quite a few here in New York City back in the 80's and early 90's but they all disappeared.

 

[RiderKairuu]

My Wendy's didn't have a buffet but they had fried chicken and people look at me like I'm crazy whenever I mention it.

 

[LProtag]

I don't remember this.

I do remember the amazing chicken pita they had though.

 

[Zackat]

yep, it was there until maybe 6-7 years ago as well. good stuff for a fast food joint

 

[Dishwalla]

I don't think I ever set foot in a Wendy's until like 10 years ago.

 

[Kittygirl]

God, yes. My broke poor ass self and my sister used to meet there all the time.

I forgot about it until this thread.

 

[MechDX]

No but one of the McDonald's by me growing up had an all you can eat breakfast buffet. It was amazing.

And yes poster above me, Wendy's fried chicken was amazing. I miss it

What? Where?

 

[Sho Nuff]

There was a Superbar at the Wendy's in Lancaster, PA. I ate the holy crap out of the Mexican stuff. Insanely good.

 

[Green Ninja]

wow...they still exist! Looks like are a West Coast thing now. Used to be quite a few here in New York City back in the 80's and early 90's but they all disappeared.

Yea there's one near where I live in CA. Once in a great while I like to treat myself. The food isn't bad and its a very nostalgic experience.

 

[Setzer]

Not sure - Sizzler satisfied all my 90s buffet needs.

Loved Sizzler!

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Man i just got a very specific memory of eating at a Wendy's that had the buffet bar and reading some strategy guide for like 100 different NES games A-Z, and wondering what on earth Xexyz was. I used to like the pudding at the buffet.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Yes! And remember how the tables used to have graphics from old-ass newspaper articles on them?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Yes! And remember how the tables used to have graphics from old-ass newspaper articles on them?

Oh yeah, I forgot about those.

 

[Alex Anderson]

When I was a kid yes, but my family rarely went there and I never ate from it.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I used to work there. I would be on the bar Sundays. It was a weekly massacre over cheese whiz and stale baked potatoes. People did not know how to act but they would treat it like a pig trough.

Never forget.

 

[zerotol]

Any of you remember Flakey Jakes from the 80s? You'd get your burger then go down a line and put anything you wanted on it. Big ol vats of melted cheese, as much of any topping you could imagine. It was glorious.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

So I just picked up some Wendy's from one I used to go to as a kid and got hit with some nostalgia remembering there used to be a buffet bar at it when growing up. It had things like build your own tacos, spaghetti, baked potatoes, fruit, salads and more. It now strikes me how odd that was for a fast food place and I was wondering if this was a unique offering or if it was a regular for the chain in the early to mid 90s.

YES

I MISS IT SO

And their old fries.

 

[Hands of Stone]

Rax > Roy Rogers

Haven't been to a Roy Rogers in years.

Didn't even realize they still existed.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

Rax, a regional roast beef chain (think Arby's but ... not) had one. Has, but the local location closed a few years ago.

Holy shit, someone else remembers Rax.

 

[bwahhhhh]

Yep. Loved it.

Found an ad for it as well

wow, i just got kicked right in the nostalgia. i can almost smell it. when i was a kid i thought they never put enough cheese sauce and bacon bits on the baked potatoes, so when i cane across a superbar i would drench everything on my plate in the serve-yourself cheese sauce. and bacon bits.