salad bar

American  

noun

• salad bars
  plural

1. an assortment of salad ingredients, condiments, and dressings displayed on a serving table or counter, as at a restaurant, so that one can choose and combine ingredients freely.

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salad bar British  

noun

1. a counter in a restaurant or other place where food is sold at which a range of salads is displayed, often for self-service

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• salad bars
  plural

Etymology

Origin of salad bar

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

salad bar

The salad bar, a Pizza Hut staple around the world, was a totally new concept in the Soviet Union.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Pizza Hut is well-known for its family-friendly dining and salad bar, but its UK business has been struggling and had previously gone into administration less than a year ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

“But the one salad we did like to eat? The salad bar salad.”

From Salon ● May 19, 2025

They rebuilt the entire place to look like an old Pizza Hut, with a salad bar and sneeze guard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024

She rushes or lingers at the salad bar, so that she can sit by Kat or even Sierra, who she doesn’t even like all that much.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Related Words

• cafeteria
• smorgasbord