The Wire

News and dispatches from the world of all-you-can-eat dining.

September 29, 2026

King Buffet Begins Serving at Baken Park in Rapid City

The new west-side buffet brings sushi, Mongolian grill and seafood into The Park's former restaurant space.

King Buffet has begun serving customers at Baken Park in Rapid City, filling the former restaurant portion of The Park complex with a new Chinese buffet built around seafood, sushi and a Mongolian grill.

September 29, 2026

Chima Brings Back $49 Taste of Chima Rodizio at All Four Locations

The limited dinner returns Oct. 5 with 11 to 12 rotating selections at 30% below Complete Rodizio.

Chima Steakhouse is bringing back its $49 Taste of Chima dinner Oct. 5-Nov. 1 at all four restaurants, pairing a broad rotating rodizio selection with the Gourmet Salad Bar at 30% below the current Complete Rodizio price.

September 29, 2026

Nếp Sài Gòn Prepares Vietnamese BBQ, Hot Pot and AYCE Dishes for Orlando

The Lee Vista restaurant will pair tabletop grilling, communal hot pot and traditional Vietnamese flavors.

Nếp Sài Gòn is still preparing to open near Orlando International Airport, with a Vietnamese tabletop concept that combines barbecue, hot pot, shared dishes and selected all-you-can-eat offerings rather than a conventional one-format AYCE menu.

September 29, 2026

Chubby Cattle BBQ Still Coming to Denver After More Than a Year

The AYCE Wagyu yakiniku project at 99 S. Broadway remains officially listed as coming soon.

Chubby Cattle BBQ's Denver project resurfaced in September coverage, but it has not opened. The AYCE Wagyu concept has been listed for 99 S. Broadway since June 2025 and still carries no announced opening date.

September 29, 2026

Sum Yee Kae Adds All-You-Can-Eat Dim Sum in Bellevue

The former Sun Sui Wah space adds an AYCE lunch program alongside its regular Cantonese dim sum menu.

Bellevue's Sum Yee Kae is now serving all-you-can-eat dim sum, adding an AYCE lunch track to the Cantonese seafood restaurant that replaced Sun Sui Wah earlier this year.

September 28, 2026

Long-Running Cicis on San Antonio’s I-10 Corridor Has Closed

A door notice reportedly thanked customers for 21 years; Cicis now lists four remaining San Antonio restaurants.

The Cicis at 12822 I-10 West near De Zavala has closed after roughly two decades. The shutdown surfaced through a posted notice and local discussion, while Cicis' own current locator now omits the restaurant.