tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58199672011-07-30T13:41:23.239-07:00SoBuffSouthern Buffet, a review of buffet restaurants throughout the American South.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-31351974563796588552010-05-08T11:14:00.000-07:002010-05-08T11:53:02.158-07:00Phoenix Chinese Restaurant, Elberton, GALast Saturday evening, I unexpectedly found myself in the Elberton area, so I decided to go ahead and eat while I was there. I had originally intended to go to Hunan's but, upon arrival, I found they only have the buffet out for lunch hours, so I went back the other way on Elbert Street to a small place I've passed by many times but never stopped in, Jon Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574383811996306051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-79831331746366930332010-04-25T17:45:00.000-07:002010-04-25T18:05:45.400-07:00Part Time Buffet: Fresh Air BBQ, Athens, GeorgiaFresh Air BBQ is better known as a regular barbecue restaurant, popular with carry-out customers especially, but the Athens Tech location has a lunch buffet on Fridays and Saturdays. In addition to Fresh Air's signature barbecue and stew, the buffet includes ribs (on Thursdays) and fried shrimp (on Fridays) along with other typical southern food Jon Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574383811996306051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-66603397294604650472010-04-18T17:08:00.000-07:002010-04-18T17:32:39.835-07:00No. 1 China, Crawford, GACrawford, GA finally has a Chinese restaurant, No. 1 China, from the family that has also opened locations in Comer, Danielsville and Statham. It's also the only restaurant in all of Oglethorpe County to offer a buffet, although the carry-out menu offers a much larger selection of items that can be made to order on demand.I have arrived at a Saturday routine where I closeJon Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574383811996306051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-51605894695861475852010-02-08T22:54:00.000-08:002010-02-08T23:56:53.906-08:00King Buffet, Nashville, TNMy first visit to Nashville would be incomplete without checking out local buffet. I wasn't interested in yet another Golden Corral or Shoney's but in something independently owned and operated. Because of our location, time of day and related contingencies, my friend Al and I chose the nearest all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, Chinese-American establishment King BuffetJon Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574383811996306051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-45444111938626163542010-02-08T22:03:00.000-08:002010-02-08T22:52:35.279-08:00SoBuff Reboot with Facebook Fan PageSix years between updates is beyond slack, I'll grant, but SoBuff is back, both here and on Facebook.Jon Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574383811996306051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1091839990207277722004-08-06T17:43:00.000-07:002004-08-06T17:53:10.206-07:00Comeback: Golden Corral and Plantation Buffet It really has been nine months since I've eaten at a buffet besides the ones I've covered in this blog. This hungry streak was broken twice over this past week. While in Winder, Georgia on Monday, I ate at the Golden Corral, a chain that has yet to open a franchise in Athens. It's a lot better than Ryan's for food quality and dollar value. Some of Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1069670259438056172003-11-24T02:37:00.000-08:002003-11-24T02:38:08.560-08:00Double Repeat Gluttony I'm not sure why but Saturday I ate at the Shoney's Breakfast Bar in the morning and the KFC Buffet in Monroe that evening. I guess it was a matter of convenience and dependability in both cases. Correcting my previous post, however, I found if you get the regular sized cup at the Monroe KFC, the total comes out to $6.30. To get a larger cup when it's all you can drink Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1066795291296657792003-10-21T21:01:00.000-07:002003-10-21T21:01:31.443-07:00KFC Buffet, Monroe, Georgia I was very pleased to recently discover that the Monroe KFC is now a buffet location, as I'm there a good bit and it's closer than the one I know about in Madison. Also, the KFC website makes no distinction between regular and buffet locations in the store finder, so one has to come upon one to know where one is. Anyway, it came out to a grand total of $6.52 with theJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1064523958100729972003-09-25T14:05:00.000-07:002003-09-25T14:07:22.803-07:00China Hing On the far west side of Athens, just outside the perimeter and next to the hull of what was once Wal-Mart sits a small Chinese buffet called China Hing. I went this past Friday in the middle of the afternoon, knowing the food would be less fresh at that hour than it would have been closer to noon, but I figured I could get a feel for the place anway. Upon getting there and beginning Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1063991993967735882003-09-19T10:19:00.000-07:002003-09-19T10:19:53.820-07:00Ryan's I figure I might as well touch on Ryan's Steakhouse and its MegaBar while I'm thinking about it. As a chain buffet it's not really the kind of place SoBuff means to focus on but it is something you can always expect to be about the same anywhere you go. It's always there and it's always on the road, like so many other familiar franchises. I tend to go on the spur of the moment sometimes,Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1063991404430963172003-09-19T10:10:00.000-07:002003-09-19T10:11:40.090-07:00Aunt Bea's Country Buffet Aunt Bea's Country Buffet really is named for the character Aunt Bea on "The Andy Griffeth Show," and in fact they have reruns of the show playing on two or three TV's while you dine. There's even a large velvet portrait of Aunt Bea hanging behind the checkout counter. I haven't been in a few months, myself, but I go in once in a while when I think I want to eat a bulkJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1063919509953873602003-09-18T14:11:00.000-07:002003-09-19T09:56:14.276-07:00Challenged Wouldn't you know it - I came down with a head cold this week right when I was planning to hit a buffet for the first SoBuff review, which would have made it very difficult to judge taste or enjoyability of any meal. Hopefully I'll be over it enough tomorrow to choose a buffet to review. Among the buffets here in the Athens, Georgia area we'll be visiting soon are Plantation Buffet,Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819967.post-1063716716286010632003-09-16T05:51:00.000-07:002003-09-16T05:51:56.560-07:00Welcome Welcome to SoBuff, the blog that reviews every kind of buffet restaurant in the American South. All tastes, formats, levels and types of restaurants are within our purview, provided they offer a buffet at some point in the week. Reviews are to be posted by myself and my fellow Buffet Club members here in the Athens, Georgia area, a new group of food enthusiasts who not only like to eat Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473918640402182026noreply@blogger.com