The Wire

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


July 1, 2026

Sushi Village in Hicksville, New York, Closes After About 14 Years

The Old Country Road AYCE restaurant served its final meals June 28.

Sushi Village has closed in Hicksville after about 14 years. The Old Country Road restaurant paired unlimited sushi with noodles, hibachi rice, soft-shell crab and tempura desserts, and had opened in the former Beverly Diner.

June 1, 2026

Sweet Tomatoes Is Back With Two Locations — and Much of the Old Menu Intact

Tucson and Fort Myers are rebuilding the chain around Joan’s Broccoli Madness, soups, muffins and soft serve.

Sweet Tomatoes vanished with 97 restaurants in 2020. Now two have returned — along with Joan’s Broccoli Madness, familiar soups, focaccia, muffins, soft serve and the monthly menu anticipation regulars remember.

April 30, 2026

Golden Corral Is Building Again With Six New Locations in Development

Kissimmee’s ground-up restaurant is rising on a former Sizzler site as the buffet chain broadens its development playbook.

Golden Corral has six restaurants in development, including a ground-up Kissimmee build on a former Sizzler site. The expansion brings smaller, more flexible restaurant designs while keeping the full-buffet experience at the center.

April 15, 2026

69 Sushi Opens an Expanded Stanley Square Buffet in Overland Park, KS

The former noodle-restaurant space grew to accommodate sushi, seafood and a broad hot-food selection.

69 Sushi opened after combining a former noodle restaurant with neighboring space in Stanley Square. The 168-seat buffet offers sushi and sashimi alongside dishes ranging from General Tso’s chicken to oysters and seafood boil.

March 22, 2026

The Cove in Las Vegas Replaces All-You-Can-Eat Sushi With an À La Carte Menu

The former premium AYCE sushi and oyster restaurant announces an omakase-inspired, à la carte direction.

The Cove in Las Vegas has moved away from premium AYCE sushi and oysters. Its new à la carte menu keeps nigiri, sashimi, carpaccio and oyster shooters, following a March announcement of an upscale, omakase-inspired direction.

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