Editing Buffet (section)

===United States===
[[File:Chinese buffet2.jpg|thumb|A small [[American Chinese cuisine|Chinese American]] buffet selection]]
In the United States, there are numerous [[Chinese-American cuisine]]-inspired buffet restaurants, as well as those serving primarily traditional American fare.<ref name=Newman>{{cite web|last1=Newman|first1=Jacqueline M.|title=Chinese Buffets: A Trend Worth Exploring|url=http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=214|website=Flavor & Fortune|publisher=ISACC|access-date=1 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026123214/http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=214|archive-date=26 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Also, [[South Asian cuisine]] (notably in [[Indian restaurants]]), [[Asian cuisine|pan-Asian cuisine]], and [[Mediterranean cuisine]] are increasingly available in the buffet format,<ref name="Filloon">{{cite web |last1=Filloon |first1=Whitney |title=How to Get Your Money's Worth at All-You-Can-Eat Buffets |url=https://www.eater.com/2018/10/15/17965100/buffet-restaurant-all-you-can-eat-vegas-worth-it |website=Eater |publisher=Vox Media Inc |access-date=2019-04-04 |date=15 October 2018}}</ref> and [[sushi]] has also become more popular at buffets.<ref name="Newman"/><ref name="Filloon"/> In some regions of the US, Brazilian-style ''[[churrascaria]]'' barbecue buffets served ''[[rodízio]]'' style are becoming popular.<ref name="Tonon"/>

[[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] and [[Atlantic City]] are famous for all-you-can-eat buffets with a very wide range of foods on offer, and similar ones have also become common in [[casino]]s elsewhere in the United States.<ref name="Tiffany"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffetmovie.com/ |title=Buffetmovie.com |publisher=Buffetmovie.com |access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref>

For 2019, buffet food sales in the US were estimated at $5 billion, approximately 1% of the total restaurant business that year.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Kang">{{cite news |last1=Kang |first1=Jaewon |last2=Haddon |first2=Heather |title=Buffets and Salad Bars, Closed by the Pandemic, Remain Roped Off |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/buffets-and-salad-bars-closed-by-the-pandemic-remain-roped-off-11594114200 |access-date=2022-09-20 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=7 July 2020}}</ref>