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I've been to buffets and sit downs, both in Maryland....That probably doesn't help, but I think it justs comes down to personal choice. :)
I'm in the midwest (Missouri) and only been to buffet style dinners. They are very popular around here, especially in the less urban areas.
I am from Louisiana, and I have seen both. Being served is great yet picking your own is also is wonderful bc you can fix what you know you will like.
I'm from...all over actually. (The east, midwest, and west.) I've been to both. Although I've never lived in the south. I think there might abe a regional thing. But I think if you've been to many family weddings, it be that one wedding inspires the next, and so on. But just a guess...
I am originally from PA, and I've been to quite a few weddings there in the past few years and there's been both sit down and buffet style.
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I've never thought of that before. I'm from the South, and I've only ever been to buffet-style weddings, and that's what we're having.
I live in the Northeast and have been to several weddings that were buffets, family style sit down, and plated sit down dinners. All were lovely.
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In Wisconsin we have buffets or "family style." It's not very typical to have a plated dinner in the rural areas. There is also a typical wedding meal: broasted chicken, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, rolls, green beens, and stuffing. Some polka music too and lots of beer. Also, it isn't uncommon to have weddings with 400 guests or more. Very strange!
I'm from Southeast Wisconsin (more urban than rural) and live in Chicago. I've been to both plated and buffet dinners in both areas.
I've been to probably 10 buffet style weddings and only 1 plated. Most of them were in Southern OR or CA. I think it mainly has to do with budget. Generally speaking, plated dinners end up costing more than buffets.
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I think it definitely is a regional thing that is more prominent in the south. I'm from California and have only been to sit-down dinner weddings. That's also what I am having.
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I live in the midwest and have definitely been to a majority of weddings with plated dinners! I definitely think it's more sommon in other areas to have buffet or just hors d'oeurves, etc
I'm from southern california and have only been to a buffet dinner wedding once. the others were plated or family style. But honestly, i think this is more of a budget thing than a regional thing because plater or family style dinner will always be more expensive than a buffet style service.
I live in NYC and most weddings have been in the Northeast/DC area or CA. All but one were plated, sit-down weddings. The one that was buffet was clearly done as a low budget option. All were great!
I think it is definitely a regional thing. I'm from NJ and live in NYC. Any weddings I've attended in this area have been sit-down (as ours will be)... even my older brother and SIL who did NOT have a lot of money to spend on their wedding had a sit-down reception. Conversely, most of the weddings that I have attended in the Southeast have been buffet. Different strokes!
It's so interesting to me that so many of you pointed to budget being a factor--the one plated dinner i went to was obviously a budget constrained dinner, while I have been to some truly lavish and outrageous buffets!
I'm from Texas and have attended both, but predominately buffet-style. The only plated receptions I've attended were held at restaurants so they were already better set up for that anyhow.
I think there are a lot of factors, but I'd say region is definitely one of them. I think there's probably an urban/rural difference as well. I'm from the Deep South, but a rural area. Even people who have gobs of money have buffets -- they just have really lavish ones. I've never been to a sit-down dinner in the area where I'm from (northern Alabama), but I have been to sit-down dinners in Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC. We'll be having a buffet, and it ain't cheap. lol
Interesting topic :)
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DEfinately regional. In NJ I've been to buffet or plated dinners. In other areas of the country-Minnesota, the South, Ohio-it was all buffets.
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Are buffet-style dinners more common in certain areas of the country? I live in the southeast, and i don't remember ever having gone to a formal sit-down dinner--plenty of very nice, very elegant weddings, but none with waiters and the whole she-bang. When I mentioned to a friend what we were doing (also a buffet), she had never been to one--she's from the mid-atlantic area. Same thing from a friend who lives in Portland.
So I started wondering if this was a regional thing. Let me know where you're from and what's "normal" or "popular" in your area.