Read complete article at the San Diego Union Tribune. So far, customers seem happy with the results. Viejas Casino reopened its buffet for Friday through Sunday evenings only in mid-May, but shut it down again on June 5.

And Valley View Casino in Valley Center opened its sit-down option on June 1 for service seven nights a week, but for now it’s only available to rewards card members. The new sit-down buffet at Jamul Casino launched May 27, offering themed menus four days a week. The exceptions, at least so far, are casinos in Jamul, Alpine and Valley Center, that are offering an all-you-can-eat menu in their reduced-capacity buffet dining rooms, but with seated table service. The Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation (JIVDC), owner and operator of Jamul Casino and a wholly-owned enterprise of the Jamul Indian Village of California, has closed on 515 million of Senior Secured Credit Facilities with a syndicate of commercial banks led by KeyBanc Capital Markets. Most of the region’s tribal-run casinos have reopened for business in the past two weeks, but virtually all of their buffets remain closed.

Some will never return, like San Diego’s 42-year-old Souplantation restaurant chain, which announced the permanent closure of its 97 restaurants in May. Roadside billboards from El Cajon to Rainbow regularly promoted endless portions of lobster tails, crab legs and prime rib at absurdly low prices.īut because buffets have been linked worldwide to coronavirus transmissions, all self-service restaurants have been closed nationwide since pandemic shutdowns began in mid-March. Self-service eateries are banned due to COVID-19, but some casinos are finding ways to bring them backĪs competition for visitor dollars has heated up between local casinos in recent years, one of the most-popular ways the Indian-run gaming venues have built customer loyalty is their all-you-can-eat buffets.

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