ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL—Describing the serene smile that spread across the 87-year-old’s face, sources reported that local grandfather Murray Lowe’s eyes lit up Wednesday as he recalled his halcyon days as a regular at his town’s Old Country Buffet. “There was a sparkle in his eyes as he talked of all the good times he…
  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Is this me?

    I loved Old Country Buffet.

    Now it’s been replaced with Chinese Buffets, which while okay, is missing some of the southern food that I enjoyed.

  • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    We never had an Old Country Buffet, but we did have a Ryan’s. I miss those rolls terribly.

  • ImperialATAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Before the days of Old Country Buffet we had an all you can eat place (that was huge for a suburb) called Kings Table. We went there all the time for Alaskan King Crab nights. They also had a banana boat bar for making banana, soft serve ice cream, whipped cream, and sugar sauce (chocolate, butterscotch , or strawberry) monstrosities!! Anyone else remember these?!