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

There would be incredulous Muscovites who could not square the idea of a salad bar.

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

Just you and the salad bar, with its chilled metal bins and endless possibilities.

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

But to a cow, a fresh pasture is like a salad bar, with lots of different things to eat.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Related Words

• cafeteria
• smorgasbord