The Biggest Buffet in the Midwest (our childhood favorite🤤🥰🥳)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @better4096
    @better4096 Год назад +177

    Having a drug PSA pamphlet at your restaurant table is the most violently American thing i’ve ever seen

  • @banue4612
    @banue4612 Год назад +118

    Someone asked me what the video I was watching about and I immediately said," two gay brothers go to an Italian buffet in Nebraska ". Which sounds like a setup to a bad joke, but I'm glad I have such simple pleasures in life lol

  • @MsLizzieGurl
    @MsLizzieGurl Год назад +222

    As someone from the south, I absolutely LOVE watching all the midwest content

    • @NaddaMercenary
      @NaddaMercenary Год назад +1

      Same!

    • @kassidiw152
      @kassidiw152 Год назад

      I’m from the northeast and I love it too

    • @valkyrja--
      @valkyrja-- Год назад +6

      i'm from europe and love it too. we don't have anything like this lol

    • @sarajohnson6855
      @sarajohnson6855 Год назад +8

      It's so exotic to a Californian like me 😮

    • @seeseembo
      @seeseembo Месяц назад

      @@sarajohnson6855 never in my life have I seen or heard somebody refer to anything midwestern as exotic, thank u, I needed to hear that, gunna romanticize my midwest life now

  • @oliviasweet7892
    @oliviasweet7892 Год назад +39

    I feel like those types of PSA pamphlets belong in the restroom. Idk why but that’s where I learn.

  • @bucket2143
    @bucket2143 Год назад +287

    Lucas got a sparkle in his eye after that first bite of pizza

    • @jacobcruik
      @jacobcruik  Год назад +120

      I know I could see that too while editing. I could just see both of gain a new surge of energy while ingesting all this food. It was quite magical to edit up.

    • @erincarlsen
      @erincarlsen Год назад +27

      @@jacobcruikwhen you try to hit the word count on your discussion board

    • @anakelahall
      @anakelahall Год назад +1

      I know I saw that too 😂

    • @denisemarie3734
      @denisemarie3734 8 месяцев назад +1

      That cheese pizza looked amazing, I love when pizza looks good like the ninja turtles or aristocats lmao. (This is a weird take but something my sister and I always talk about.)

  • @MrDegaldy
    @MrDegaldy 8 месяцев назад +16

    The guy in the back making pizzas was probly on fentanyl too . Crazy world we live in

  • @daceandelle
    @daceandelle Год назад +47

    i watch jacobs videos every day. i sleep to them every night. if you ever think about stopping filming jacob i will personally pay you to keep making videos. i love you guys so much.

    • @Shawnware35
      @Shawnware35 4 месяца назад +1

      I couldn’t imagine a life without without Jacob and Lucas

  • @caljones8693
    @caljones8693 Год назад +48

    literally spit out my coffee with the fentanyl awareness card

  • @taylorbonnes8353
    @taylorbonnes8353 Год назад +144

    As a Scottish lass you’ve somehow made me want to come to the midwest solely to experience midwest chain restaurants

    • @seeseembo
      @seeseembo Месяц назад +2

      If you do ever find yourself here for some reason you simply do have to try Culver’s, they’ve had it in a few videos, it’s a regional midwest fast food chain, they have INSANE frozen custard, like ice cream but next level

    • @taylorbonnes8353
      @taylorbonnes8353 Месяц назад

      @@seeseembo taking note of this ☺️

  • @christianreads1043
    @christianreads1043 Год назад +30

    Love how Jacob said “you kinda broke the rules a little bit.” When Lucas got a few broccoli on his plate. And Lucas said “hopefully she understood and didn’t judge me too much.” 😂😂

  • @Jessica_Costantini
    @Jessica_Costantini Год назад +53

    as someone from the other side of the midwest, Michigan, i stan and appreciate another saga of Nebraska living ❤ you boyz

  • @sarj2019
    @sarj2019 Год назад +90

    A restaurant review and intellectual life lessons? Love this

  • @elliottrae9355
    @elliottrae9355 Год назад +58

    This made me so nostalgic for going to the Pizza Hut buffets as a kid! Thanks for the fun video! I actually went to grab a mozarella breadstick from the freezer to heat up while watching this lol.

    • @jacobcruik
      @jacobcruik  Год назад +21

      omg I want to go to a Pizza Hut buffet but it seems like there is very few left

    • @naomirose2779
      @naomirose2779 Год назад

      @@jacobcruik my grandma lives in Wahoo, NE and there’s still a Pizza Hut buffet there

  • @cheddarcheese089
    @cheddarcheese089 Год назад +4

    "And an add for fentanyl!" 😳🤣😂🤣
    As if that stuff needs any help with promotion.

  • @ManicMama.
    @ManicMama. Год назад +19

    😂 "I'd like to eat my pizza without having to worry about eating fentanyl ya know" lmao also we have a buffet chain where I live called "ole times country buffet" and it's heaven 🤤

  • @OfficialSparklyPig
    @OfficialSparklyPig Год назад +32

    I had to google Dorothy Lynch dressing, and it's apparently basically French dressing but with a tomato base instead of oil. Never heard of it before, now I must try it. lol.

    • @stevesminty
      @stevesminty Год назад +1

      I saw it in a Food Network video during shut down, and was so intrigued because I very saucy girl and I love sauces and dips and dressings. So when we went on a road trip the next year and make sure to stop by midwest store and buy a bottle. It’s delicious. You can order it off of Amazon though I haven’t tried.

    • @teubks
      @teubks 2 месяца назад +1

      How’d you like it?

    • @OfficialSparklyPig
      @OfficialSparklyPig 2 месяца назад

      @@teubks Yikes it's been a year and I still haven't tried it! That time went by FAST

  • @lexirosemund6742
    @lexirosemund6742 Год назад +55

    my favorite nebraskan tour guides. im sure the midwest is thankful for you bringing awareness and visibility 🫡

  • @sirmixalot1
    @sirmixalot1 Год назад +8

    “We hope, but we don’t know.” This whole video is absolute gold.

  • @JayDarlingNarvaez
    @JayDarlingNarvaez Год назад +10

    We know every time you have a new video on the timeline we know the experience we’re about to have is good. I found your channel a couple months ago, I love every video Jacob, I’m glad you posted today

  • @lizgonzalez4763
    @lizgonzalez4763 Год назад +4

    4:42 "Whaddya u want hun?!💁🏻‍♀️"🤣😆

  • @kadoaties
    @kadoaties Год назад +5

    Jacob, I am probably one of the only people who listens to you religiously on Spotify, but I would LOVE to have more music in the future. I only have three songs to listen to. 💔

  • @ellie.nj7
    @ellie.nj7 Год назад +17

    Please don’t ever stop making these types of videos, i love them and you guys so much 💗💗

  • @pinksparklystyle9745
    @pinksparklystyle9745 Год назад +22

    I’m so thankful that RUclips recommended your videos. I’ve been binge watching all your channels for the past couple days. Love 💗 it. PS what was your favorite dish there? 🍝

  • @sunnie8s
    @sunnie8s Год назад +7

    I grew up eating at Val's buffets and now that I'm pregnant it's one of my biggest cravings, right there with Casey's breakfast pizza. very tempted to make the 8 hour drive to Nebraska City 🤣

    • @kacreee
      @kacreee Год назад

      As someone with a valentinos in town, it’s not as good as when I was kid! But the desert is still bomb!

  • @kemppainen7595
    @kemppainen7595 Год назад +5

    Commercial jingle immediately emerged from the depths of my memory- "Valentino's restaurant a tradition of excellence in Italian buffet, Valentino's"
    Grew up I SD, those commercials were on all the time

  • @severelyworriedmia
    @severelyworriedmia Год назад +4

    This is genuinely one of the best videos on RUclips. So entertaining, informative, hilarious.

  • @Sir_Tanooki_Dookie
    @Sir_Tanooki_Dookie Год назад +7

    The ice cream gets like that when the machine isn’t calibrated to mix air into the frozen dairy mix. This causes the ice cream to be less satisfying texture wise and in taste. It usually gets a yellow hue to it.

  • @crazynapsacker
    @crazynapsacker Год назад +24

    i have to say, these vids just keep gettin better and better

  • @hihenia3263
    @hihenia3263 Год назад +1

    You two NEED your own podcast PLEASE ❤❤🙏🙏

  • @evrys3221
    @evrys3221 Год назад +11

    I love how Lucas had to stage his walking out of the buffet. Reality TV Baddies.

  • @jaceykate
    @jaceykate Год назад +7

    you guys just pump out great content and do not get enough recognition. you guys crack me up are the only youtubers i watch :,)

  • @heyhey_mikaikai
    @heyhey_mikaikai Год назад +4

    Jacob, the flame this video ignited in my heart will surely last a lifetime! ❤️‍🔥

  • @daniellesteed6360
    @daniellesteed6360 Год назад +6

    An Italian buffet!!😮 I would be in heaven!

  • @TheyForgotMySalad
    @TheyForgotMySalad Год назад +3

    Hi! Im a new subscriber. ❤ For your demographics research purposes, I am a single middle aged pansexual woman from a forgotten place in the southeast. I love your content, and have been binge watching it for days now, to try and help qwell my anxiery about having oral surgery on June 5. ❤ Thank you for entertaining me and so many others. True talent!

  • @lucyfer6g6
    @lucyfer6g6 Год назад +3

    OK...please....PLEASE....Jacob ,
    where are yalls blankets from ?!?!
    Couldn't stop staring at them 😳
    They looks so damn comfy

  • @emily-ne4zc
    @emily-ne4zc Год назад +6

    I was just rewatching your old vids!!! What a blessing this upload is ✨

  • @not4u4me
    @not4u4me Год назад +8

    i feel like its time to let yall know that me and my mom love yall and watch all your videos, lucas and jacob are household names in this house🤩

  • @emmabell0602
    @emmabell0602 Год назад +2

    “And maybe, even thank me for being here.” Yes Jacob.

  • @kysrei4509
    @kysrei4509 Год назад +4

    you guys bring me so much comfort in life.

  • @Kayjayyly
    @Kayjayyly Год назад +18

    *thank you waitress if you’re watching* 😭🥲 so pure. Love y’all.

  • @miquesha22574
    @miquesha22574 6 месяцев назад +2

    I first seen a video on you two on a cruise and no joke have watched so manny old videos already, it’s like watching your favorite show on tv, I am happy I have so many more videos to watch! Love you guys, and when I was younger and lived in Lincoln Ne, there def was something nostalgic about eating at Valentino’s’ you two are perfect! Love you guyssss😘

  • @elaine378
    @elaine378 Год назад +10

    Your videos never disappoint and are always a treat!

  • @Sweetheart3334
    @Sweetheart3334 Год назад +11

    Thank you Lucas for being here. And maybe thank you for being here, too, Jacob ❤

  • @claudiacaro624
    @claudiacaro624 Год назад +7

    "Vintage, audrey hepburn" lmaoooo i cant

  • @BunniBeshara
    @BunniBeshara Год назад +6

    I always say “Diet Pepsi or Coke.” I’m so anxious and I hate being embarrassed. 😂

  • @denisemarie3734
    @denisemarie3734 8 месяцев назад +1

    You guys are always so hilarious, and you have a great relationship, its fun watching siblings who are bffs. (I just found your channel recently, thank you for many laughs.) eta: Lucas you killed me when you said the duck dynasty thing I was drinking water and I dunno if it was your delivery or what but I almost choked. Thank you. And you guys are good guys for being mad at crappy reviewers.

  • @mama_monkey
    @mama_monkey Год назад +6

    “Mayonaise salads” 😂 say less, I’m coming!

  • @NaddaMercenary
    @NaddaMercenary Год назад +5

    Omg that pizza looks so good!!! LOVE the Nebraska content!

  • @hannahmargaret5773
    @hannahmargaret5773 Год назад +6

    your restaurant videos are my favorite

  • @alexv6923
    @alexv6923 Год назад +3

    Omg!! Been watching old videos all weekend im so excited let’s gooo

  • @erinunderwood3103
    @erinunderwood3103 Год назад +5

    Always right when i need you guys

  • @samanthaperez6659
    @samanthaperez6659 Год назад +3

    ive literally watched every single video, so when you upload I click right away bc I need more content from y'all, it keeps me going in life

  • @rileysblue
    @rileysblue 3 месяца назад

    I appreciate you guys making RUclips videos in Nebraska. It makes me feel special being in Nebraska and seeing you guys go to places that I went to growing up.

  • @jqyqnq
    @jqyqnq Год назад +10

    I was literally telling my best friend about that buffet. Literally the best buffet.

  • @jacobmontgomery513
    @jacobmontgomery513 Год назад +2

    I love your buffet and food videos. I miss your podcasts.

  • @frootcakes9223
    @frootcakes9223 Год назад +5

    We used to go to “Ponderosa” when I was a kid and it was our favorite! I don’t think there are any open still, but they seriously had the best chicken wings 😂 I still crave them sometimes lol

  • @autumncortez6254
    @autumncortez6254 Год назад +1

    I loved CiCi’s pizza buffet. That “chocolate pizza” they used to have, it was like a melty, chocolate beignet. Bomb! 💣

  • @BunniBeshara
    @BunniBeshara Год назад +4

    Mine was Royal Fork. Idk if it was a South Dakota chain or if they existed other places, too. They closed when I was still a kid but I still remember it vividly. It was “nice” as far as buffets go and as a kid I thought it was so magical that we could make our own ice cream cones 😂

    • @rachelcox1747
      @rachelcox1747 Год назад

      I'm from ND and we had a Royal Fork. It's closed now 😭

  • @Chelseayellow
    @Chelseayellow Год назад +3

    love you both so much, your videos are always something I look forward to when I’m eating :)

  • @thefairhairedwanderer
    @thefairhairedwanderer Год назад +2

    My childhood buffet was a restaurant called King's Table and I feel like it was a one off, but idk it could be a chain. It had one buffet station that was huge, it had everything on it you could want, but in a like fifty foot long table, and it had themed days like fancy meat day and seafood night which was my favorite. My dad took us like twice a week cause it was fairly affordable and it was the actual best thing. It has sadly closed and my dad still talks about how much he misses King's Table.

  • @mollyhannah2003
    @mollyhannah2003 Год назад +7

    Fentanyl awareness at the table daaayyuuumm.

  • @chrissysgf3859
    @chrissysgf3859 Год назад +3

    My fave buffet growing up was old country buffet. Im from Washington

  • @alaasocool
    @alaasocool Год назад +4

    i look forward to these videos sm

  • @AriccaChristine
    @AriccaChristine Год назад +3

    I love the aggressively midwestern content ❤

  • @DhaniNMarie
    @DhaniNMarie Год назад +1

    Yet another interesting video from my favorite RUclipsrs!! Next time y'all have to get your geek on and visit the Renaissance Fair! I heard the turkey legs are MASSIVE there!

  • @shawnaclement
    @shawnaclement Год назад +2

    The way Lucas says “uhkay” brings me so much joy.

  • @trinitymarch
    @trinitymarch Год назад +3

    I literwlly binge and watch you guys 24/7 y'all are my comfort creators . I would love to hang out with you guys and do a RUclips video like I just know y'all are so funny 😂 anyways pls keep up the good content , hopefully I can't meet y'all one day with my private jet... we'll when I get one

  • @oliviasweet7892
    @oliviasweet7892 Год назад +3

    These boys are DELIGHTED

  • @LV-dz5vg
    @LV-dz5vg Год назад

    Lucas I need to see you in a movie, the world needs it in theses boring times.

  • @kacreee
    @kacreee Год назад

    The fact that y’all came to Nebraska city! It was so nice meeting you!! Lucas mentioned y’all did a video at valentinos and I forgot until now! Lol

  • @adam-l74
    @adam-l74 Год назад +2

    Aww this is so awesome!🎉 I was hoping they’d sing the corn cob song from the tv dinners video though. 😂

  • @mfem5217
    @mfem5217 Год назад +6

    Love all of your videos ❤

  • @honeyfrog8986
    @honeyfrog8986 Год назад +4

    Thank you for your content it makes my day🙂❤️

  • @annking8633
    @annking8633 5 месяцев назад

    My daughter lives in Nebraska. We love that State and Cornhusker folks. Go Red! ❤🎉😊

  • @helenwinston9455
    @helenwinston9455 Месяц назад

    I remember the two biggest Valentinos buffets being the one on 70th in Lincoln and the one on Maple in Omaha. They were HUGE

  • @maziebabie2151
    @maziebabie2151 Год назад +1

    The best part was getting an ice cream cone to go after eating pasta 🍝 I’m from Columbus NE😍😂🙌🏻

  • @BMarie774
    @BMarie774 6 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite was out local china buffet. They had all you can eat snow crab legs. Me and my brother would literally eat…10+ bunches of snow crab legs lol. They hated us.

  • @madelynnemree2618
    @madelynnemree2618 Год назад +3

    well that whole thing was delightful

  • @caratcakepie
    @caratcakepie Год назад +3

    The cinematography and editing used by director Jacob Cruikshank in his most recent film, "The Biggest Buffet in the Midwest," captures the decadence of the American buffet through his single-camera techniques. In what is almost an ironic take on voyeurism, Cruikshank ponders themes of gluttony and indulgence prevalent in the American Midwest.

  • @erinsennett7424
    @erinsennett7424 4 месяца назад

    I was born in NE , lived there till I was four I remember the whole family getting together at Valentino’s. ❤

  • @Care_oline
    @Care_oline Год назад +1

    Jacob I’ve just gotta say your hair is looking positively voluminous in this video 😌

  • @alexcampana2889
    @alexcampana2889 Год назад +3

    Who went to Hometown Buffet as kids? I have fond memories of going there with my dad all the time lol

  • @lucyjane1000
    @lucyjane1000 Год назад +1

    VALENTINOS IS THE BEST!!! please do testing lincoln ice cream places, bars or popular downtown restaurants next. also runza maybe??

  • @albinomaybe2323
    @albinomaybe2323 Год назад

    Finally some love for Valentinos that’s my childhood right there

  • @sierragoldenhogan
    @sierragoldenhogan Год назад

    Omg! I miss Valentino’s. I’m from Omaha and they got rid of all of the buffets and only have express Valentinos. I was so sad when I recently visited back home to see they are no longer around. Loved this video! ❤

  • @mollyanne3785
    @mollyanne3785 Год назад +3

    i love you guys so much your videos always make me feel better 🥲 making me feel proud to be from nebraska in your recent videos 😂

    • @mollyanne3785
      @mollyanne3785 Год назад

      also the pepsi > coke thing here so accurate

    • @kacreee
      @kacreee Год назад

      Same!

  • @PamelaWarren56
    @PamelaWarren56 Год назад

    I used to put the lemon in my water too. Tap water needs it! But I’ve heard the lemon wedges are usually the dirtiest at bars/restaurants. They don’t wash the outside of the lemons and or hands

  • @sophiemackay2418
    @sophiemackay2418 Год назад +2

    Yessssssss omg makes me so happy when I see a new video from you guys

  • @mariejenkins5088
    @mariejenkins5088 Год назад

    The Valentinos I used to go to had pizza to eat while waiting in line to pay for the buffet! Top tier.

  • @kindnessmattersffs
    @kindnessmattersffs 3 месяца назад

    That orange dressing is sometimes called Catalina - and YUM!

  • @LaurenPerryMusic
    @LaurenPerryMusic Год назад +1

    Wait we had vaneltino’s in Kansas too! Not anymore, but I looooved it as a kid because you could get an ICEE as your drink 😂

  • @Jasmine--
    @Jasmine-- Год назад

    Legit quality froma pizza buffet tbh. Lincolnite here BTW. Nice to see someone relevant talk about NE lol

  • @Pssav
    @Pssav Год назад +1

    You guys are my favorite; I love these videos 😅

  • @lindseyb59
    @lindseyb59 4 месяца назад

    You’re right there was a Valentino’s in Sioux Falls South Dakota lol - we frequented

  • @Risqqrisqq
    @Risqqrisqq Год назад +4

    Jacob- your hair is looking fantastically healthy recently 🥰

  • @profoundcake
    @profoundcake Месяц назад

    Omg you guys should go to an MCL cafeteria. It's mainly patronized by people being bussed in from retirement homes but my dad always took me there as a kid. 😅 Would love to see your experience there.

  • @phaselola
    @phaselola Год назад +2

    That s’mores pizza looks so good, I never had that before

    • @jacobcruik
      @jacobcruik  Год назад

      now I regret not consuming it

  • @aliciaseecharan
    @aliciaseecharan Год назад

    I went to 2 Italian buffets; PizzaHut Florid and someplace in Washington. Your Valentino’s looked top-notch. Good price too 😎💟💜

  • @MissLuBeauty
    @MissLuBeauty Год назад +2

    a fentanyl ad 😭😭😂

  • @MeganManXxX
    @MeganManXxX Год назад

    Grew up in central Kansas on Pepsi and Dorothy Lynch. There was a Valentinos in Topeka and I definitely had it a few times. I think you could also get their pizzas to go in frozen form.