A salad bar is a buffet-style table on which the components of a salad are placed. These often include lettuce, tomatoes, bacon bits, assorted raw vegetables, croutons, and various types of salad dressing. Customers assemble salads with whatever components they wish. A Chinese buffet restaurant in the U.S. A buffet is a meal-serving system where patrons serve themselves. ... A salad is a food item generally served either before or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ... Binomial name Lactuca sativa L. Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant most often grown as a leaf vegetable. ... Binomial name Solanum lycopersicum L. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru. ... Vegetables in a market Tomatoes growing in a vegetable garden Venn diagram representing the relationship between fruits and vegetables For other uses, see Vegetable (disambiguation). ... A crouton is a small piece of dry or fried bread, often seasoned, that is used to add texture and flavour to salads, notably the Caesar salad, and as an accompaniment to soups. ... —Cleopatra, in Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra, 1606 A salad is a food item generally served either prior to or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ...

Salad bars have become increasingly common in restaurants, for self-service. Many supermarkets also include a salad bar in the produce or delicatessen section. Exterior appearance of typical American supermarket (a Safeway) A supermarket or grocery store is a store that sells a wide variety of food. ... Supermarket produce section Produce is a general term for a group of farm-produced goods, generally limited to fruits and vegetables. ... The word delicatessen designates a kind of food store. ...

Rax Restaurants, a midwest fast food chain similar to Arby's, claims to have pioneered the Salad Bar in the mid-60s. Rax also known as the Restaurant Administration Corporation (RAC) was founded by J. Patrick Ross in 1962 with a lone Burger Chef in Wheeling, West Virginia. ... Arbys is a fast food restaurant franchise that is primarily known for selling roast beef sandwiches. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

External links

• Salad Bar History
• Virtual salad bar
• How To Set Up A Salad Bar - advice from Winn-Dixie