The salad bar has been a bit of a mystery since I first arrived at MCC. It has a variety of uses including servicing both Club XIX dining and banquet dining. It is my understanding that many of our members love the salad bar and primarily use it when they come up for lunch service at the club. That being said, now is the time to give our membership a little perspective on the salad bar and why it will be discontinued in March.
Our partners from Landscapes Golf Group, Chef Brian and myself are all in agreement that the lunch buffet is not a sustainable offering going forward. The amount of food that goes to waste every time it is put out is simply too much to justify continuing the set up and take down. While I understand discontinuing this service may become a point of contention, please understand where we are coming from as a business and service provider.
Having banquet groups eat off of the buffet in Club XIX hinders the flow of traffic as well as slows down the process of doing business. For those of you who have been at or hosted groups of more than 30-40, you are well aware that attendees are forced to stand in lines out the doorway of Club XIX and run into one another as they leave to go back to their banquet room.
So where do we go from here? While there is not a perfect solution, the one that is most feasible for us will be to offer individual buffets to banquet groups of more than 20 individuals. These will be placed in the room with the group making the process much smoother and food quantities more accurate, thus reducing the amount of food waste and time spent waiting in line for food to be refilled.
For those individuals who eat Salad Bar during the week in the Club for casual dining, we invite you to try some of our other menu items. There are a ton of great salads and sandwiches being offered and our staff would be happy to take care of you during your duration at the club. Obviously, time is of the essence for many of you and it is our intent to speed up the pace of service to get you in and out in a timely manner.
I certainly hope that our membership is understanding of these changes and why they must be made. If you have further comment on this topic, my door is always open. I'd also be happy to direct questions to our professionals at Landscapes Golf Group concerning the discontinuation of our Salad Bar.
