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

"The way they do their buffet and their salad bar, it feels like they are cheapening on their quality and have lower standards...They're giving away so much food and you're like 'How?'"

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

There are entire Reddit threads and TikTok accounts devoted to mourning discontinued menu items, like Wendy’s salad bar, KFC’s potato wedges and the days of actual dollar menus.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 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

The salad bar has types of lettuce greens I’ve never seen before and at least twenty toppings.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Related Words

• cafeteria
• smorgasbord