The Vegas buffet was born in the 1940s at El Rancho Vegas, serving simple foods for people to enjoy before quickly returning to tables and machines, according to gaming historian and UNLV Professor David Schwartz. What happened to the under-$10, all-you-can-eat buffet?īuffets, along with slot machines and mega-resorts, have long been synonymous with Las Vegas’ history, but gone is the era of $5 entry to all-you-can-eat buffets, or every casino on the Strip having its own buffet in general.īut, where did the all-you-can-eat buffet come from, and how have they changed? A collection of small plates at Wicked Spoon at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
