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 wasn’t identical to what you’d find in an American Pizza Hut.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Pizza Hut was once a go-to for families and friends to tuck into its all-you-can eat buffet, unlimited salad bar, and self-serve ice-cream with all the toppings.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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

“Nah bro, I been to a salad bar with my mother,” he said.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024

He chose from a salad bar of grasses: western wheatgrass, little bluestem, buffalo grass, green needlegrass.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Related Words

• cafeteria
• smorgasbord