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Buffet
Buffet (自助餐): self-service dining format where guests select from displayed dishes, usually at a fixed price. Covers etymology, Scandinavian and Las Vegas origins, service types, food-safety temperature limits, food waste, and nutrition research.
Cafeteria
Cafeteria (cafetería): a self-service restaurant where customers carry a tray along a line of premade food, pay per item, and seat themselves. Originated 1890s Chicago and Los Angeles, peaked 1930s–1990s, now mainly institutional.
Shady Maple Smorgasbord
Shady Maple Smorgasbord is an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant in East Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, serving Pennsylvania Dutch cooking on a 200-foot buffet line for up to 7,000 diners a day.