When did PCH Grill become a buffet?

[gometros]

I could swear that when I first started researching restaurants, PCH Grill had a regular dinner menu. I just looked today and it's a buffet? When did they make the change?

 

[Xenorye]

Very recently. 1-2 months ago, maybe?

 

[figment_jii]

Just in time to celebrate Disneyland's 60th Anniversary! The new buffet debuted on July 17th.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-at-paradise-pier-hotel-at-disneyland-resort/

This was my review from the 18th: http://www.disboards.com/threads/my...-with-pictures.1253888/page-194#post-54081835

 

[scrapshappen]

Yep. Only going for about six weeks now. We ate there a few weeks ago and loved it. The food and service were very good.

 

[Sherry E]

When the Parks Blog announced it, I think it was more or less a surprise to all of us. I don't think anyone had heard of a Beach Side Bonfire Buffet in the works before it was revealed.

There doesn't seem to be any end date for this buffet so, while the theme of it sort of seems summer-specific, since it also fits with the general theme of the hotel and the PCH Grill in general I think it will probably stick around for a while. Maybe a few of the buffet items will be switched out here and there as seasons change, but if it continues to be popular enough it will probably be there for the foreseeable future.

I think it was a good idea to put something new and theme-specific into the PCH Grill. Anyone who has ever stayed at the PPH may have noticed, when walking from the PPH to the GCH or from the GCH to the PPH, that the PCH Grill was often nearly empty at night. Even the Surf's Up character meal doesn't really pull in the same kinds of business that the other character meals do. They needed to freshen things up and do something to get people to walk over there for dinner.

 

[debdreamsofdis]

I guess this means that the Kitchen Sink (the large ice cream dessert served in a sink shaped bowl with everything on it-not the little Mickey sink) is no longer served? Bummer. I always wanted to order that, but never got a chance to dine there.

 

[figment_jii]

I guess this means that the Kitchen Sink (the large ice cream dessert served sink shaped bowl with everything on it-not the little Mickey sink) is no longer served? Bummer. I always wanted to order that, but never got a chance to dine there.

Unfortunately, that is correct. At this point, the Kitchen Sink is no longer available. Who knows, though, if enough people request it, they may add it to the menu as an add-on (like the desserts are extra at Big Thunder BBQ) or they may add it to the menu of some other location.