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Whatever Happened To Popeyes' Buffet? By Alexa Valme Aug. 26, 2025 11:39 am EST

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For most fast food fans, Popeyes means a red box of fried chicken, a biscuit, and a silent prayer that the mac and cheese hasn't congealed. But in Lafayette, Louisiana, you could pile your plate sky-high with all of it — buffet-style. Yes, seriously. If you think you know everything about Popeyes, think again. This is the kind of deep-cut trivia most fans don't know about Popeyes — there was once a time when some locations featured an all-you-can-eat buffet. By 2010, Lafayette was one of just a few stores still holding onto the setup, along with sites in Huntsville, Alabama, and Panama City, Florida. As the years went on, those other buffets

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