salad bar

noun

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.

salad bar

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of salad bar¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

“We’re dealing with a more aggressive far-right, left-wing and what we call ‘salad bar people,’ who take a little bit of each ideology and thread them together.

From Los Angeles Times

“Super Pride got salad ingredients, but no salad bar,” Dro said, We need a salad bar.”

From Salon

It’ll be a lighter meal while still sticking to the Texan theme: The Huskies will have a salad bar, a fruit bar and fajitas.

From Seattle Times

The following year Knight received a reprimand after a verbal dust-up with David Smith, then the Texas Tech chancellor, as the two men stood at a grocery store salad bar.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• cafeteria
• smorgasbord