salad bar

noun

: a self-service counter (as in a restaurant) featuring an array of salad makings and dressings

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Meals will include entree, salad bar, dessert and drink. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 The salad bar did not have time labels for potentially hazardous foods kept out of temperature control. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025 Named after the markets of Brazil, the Market Table is way beyond an average salad bar, featuring a rotating offering of specialty salads, seasonal recipes, cheese and charcuterie, smoked salmon and a black bean stew with sausage. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025 The project stocks salad bars in district schools’ cafeterias with local produce including from Burbank Urban Garden and provides hands-on nutrition education programs across SCUSD. — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salad bar

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salad bar was in 1937

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salad bar

noun
: a self-service counter in a restaurant featuring a selection of salad makings and dressings
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