[BigSteph]

When I watched Seinfeld during its original run, his parents were always having blue plate specials at the cafeteria. I just figured this was true of real-life Boca Dell Vistas.

Back in the mid-atlantic, there was/is Picadilly, K&W, K&S, and Morrison cafeterias. When I was younger, I would snicker at all the old people at these places.

I know there are all-you-can-eat places like Golden Corral, but these cafeterias were a one-trip line. You paid according to what you asked to be plated.

The food was always decent or better -- the cooks knew how to season vegetables and meats. The bread and desserts were good.

There are Villagers that would never eat in a cafeteria, but there are Villagers that seldom can afford to eat at Blue Fin, Prima, etc.

If Seinfeld is any indication, a Picadilly or K&S within a golf cart ride, would be event parking in the Villages.

From time to time, I could do for a vegetable plate, at 4 pm, at a reasonable price.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by BigSteph

When I watched Seinfeld during its original run, his parents were always having blue plate specials at the cafeteria. I just figured this was true of real-life Boca Dell Vistas.

Back in the mid-atlantic, there was/is Picadilly, K&W, K&S, and Morrison cafeterias. When I was younger, I would snicker at all the old people at these places.

I know there are all-you-can-eat places like Golden Corral, but these cafeterias were a one-trip line. You paid according to what you asked to be plated.

The food was always decent or better -- the cooks knew how to season vegetables and meats. The bread and desserts were good.

There are Villagers that would never eat in a cafeteria, but there are Villagers that seldom can afford to eat at Blue Fin, Prima, etc.

If Seinfeld is any indication, a Picadilly or K&S within a golf cart ride, would be event parking in the Villages.

From time to time, I could do for a vegetable plate, at 4 pm, at a reasonable price.

When I was young in L. A., we had Clifton's cafeteria. Simple good food, not "cuisine", at very reasonable prices. Great idea. Steph, your a genius. I think the place would be packed. Folks don't want to cook or cleanup afterward. Lots of opportunity for seniors to get part time jobs as servers, cooks, etc.

[delima2000]

We miss sweet tomatoes. They were always crowded. Loved the salads and soup.

[Bjeanj]

That would be nice to have.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

When I was young in L. A., we had Clifton's cafeteria. Simple good food, not "cuisine", at very reasonable prices. Great idea. Steph, your a genius. I think the place would be packed. Folks don't want to cook or cleanup afterward. Lots of opportunity for seniors to get part time jobs as servers, cooks, etc.

Something like this: https://youtu.be/znVW5dGMErA but I think they're overpriced.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Something like this: https://youtu.be/znVW5dGMErA but I think they're overpriced.

I wish they would replace TooJays. The food looks great.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Something like this: https://youtu.be/znVW5dGMErA but I think they're overpriced.

Holy cow….that looks good!! Now I’m starving.

[Michael G.]

Cafeteria Restaurant like they would make a killing if they could find away to keep prices reasonable.

[DonH57]

When I used to work in Massachusetts there was an excellent cafeteria in the town of Hyde Park I'd go to for lunch if I was working near there. It had excellent soul food lunch like Pinto beans and Hamhocks, Cornbread, Fried Chicken, baked beans, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, meat loaf. All kinds of good comfort food.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Cafeteria Restaurant like they would make a killing if they could find away to keep prices reasonable.

Reasonable is hard to target. Reasonable for me is under $25 per person for somebody else it could be under $35 and someone else under $15 per person. With the cost of food rising it would be very difficult for prices no to go up.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Cafeteria Restaurant like they would make a killing if they could find away to keep prices reasonable.

Sure. All you have to do is figure out a way to serve high quality food at low cost.
Easy.

[Carla B]

We were steadfast patrons of cafeterias throughout the years in Texas. Cafeterias seem to have been mainly a southern institution, and our favorite was Luby's. The food was cooked from scratch with good ingredients and the quality never varied, whether in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas or the smaller cities. Now, they seem to be a thing of the past, unfortunately.

I missed them when we left to go cruising and I still do a couple decades later, especially the desserts. Loved the coconut meringue pie, strawberry pie, etc. A friend gave us their cookbook and we can duplicate their recipes, when and if we want to, but it was so much easier when they did the cooking. And the cost was reasonable.

[justjim]

In Illinois we had Thompsons cafeteria and MCL cafeteria. In Tennessee we had Morrison cafeteria and Piccadilly cafeteria. Here in TV we had Sweet Tomatoes which closed during the pandemic but never a true cafeteria type of restaurant. We are not a fan of Golden Corral a buffet type restaurant.

[Stu from NYC]

Seems like cafeterias are a thing of the past. In Va they were closing with no new ones opening.

[Carla B]

Maybe you could put one in The Village of Stu?