cafeteria-style
Americanadjective
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set up to allow a variety of choices.
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arranged like a cafeteria.
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“I’ve cried with my team a lot,” she said over the soft thrum of conversation in the airy cafeteria-style bistro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
My family frequented Luby’s, a cafeteria-style Texas restaurant known for its healthy-ish options.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
According to Trejo, last year they delivered 1.7 million meals to people’s homes and 2.5 million meals in congregate settings where people eat together, cafeteria-style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Its tropical décor and festive atmosphere drew crowds of Filipino-Americans like Cheryl Balolong, 41, who grew up visiting traditional Filipino cafeteria-style joints in strip malls, picking dishes from display cases, eating and leaving.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2020
It operated cafeteria-style; Tarlac, unfamiliar with any of the food, copied Hovan's choices, and ended up with more than he could possibly eat.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson
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