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Lunch from a factory cafeteria in Riga, Latvia, USSR, 1986 (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Is that sour cream in the soup on the top right... or mashed potatoe?

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[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 30 points 7 months ago

Looks good. I posted on here on my old account a dream I had about running a cafeteria like this in America. It'd be a coop, you could subscribe instead of paying per meal, it'd be half a grill with a predictable menu and half a cafeteria with a different menu every day, with a sandwich stand for subs and chips to go for those who couldn't sit and stay a while. And it would be decorated wall to wall with Communist propaganda posters.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

As a cook, this is my dream.

[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

Sounds kinda like my college cafeteria aside from the posters and the pricing structure. It would be a cool idea.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

A big part of why restaurants cost so much is because there's a wide range of things that are cooked to order in single portions. If there were larger batches cooked, a more limited number of options at one time, less meat and other expensive ingredients, and it was largely self-serve, the cost could be cut by well over half. As a bonus, it would remove much of the choice anxiety in menus.

I can't speak for all-you-can-eat buffets but the efficiency aspect is a large part of what makes college cafeterias viable, although those are basically the same thing.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah that's definitely how it saves money in my head. I also remember when I was young sometimes my mom would take me to the chow hall - capitalist military doing the same thing because it works.