Plover, Wisconsin: World's First Salad Bar
A sign outside the Sky Club Supper Club makes the claim. More than just a sign; you can go inside and still eat at the salad bar.
Sky Club Supper Club
- Address:
- 2202 Post Rd, Plover, WI
- Directions:
- Sky Club Supper Club. North side of town, on the east side of US-51 BUS/Post Rd, just north of its intersection with Roosevelt Drive.
- Hours:
- Tu-Su 4-8:30 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 715-341-4000
- Admission:
- Free to look.
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The Sky Club Supper Club was founded in 1935. In 1950 it added the first salad bar in the world (it was all you could eat).
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According to a news clipping displayed in the Sky Club, Russell Swanson invented the salad bar -- which got people out of their seats in a restaurant -- because "when a woman went out to eat, she dressed up and liked showing off what she was wearing."