On a trip to Michigan for a family reunion my family and I were excited to stop by a restaurant for something other than fast food. After waiting a few minutes to be seated, we were told it was a buffet bar that included seafood, cheeses, hot food salad and desserts. It sounded good until we heard the high price of $18.95 each plus the cost of your drink. We went for it anyway. My daughter and I ate the seafood bar, shrimp only, and the salad bar. The cheese area had huge chunks of cheese that were warm and just sitting out, so we did not think it was a good choice to eat the cheese. I tried the sliced turkey from the buffet person who was doing the slicing, it was greasy and tasteless. Let's try again...The salad bar looked fresh and pristine, as if it was just brought out. I choose that after the greasy turkey and topped it off with some fried chicken pieces to put on my salad. I was not thrilled with the desert bar as it was in an open area and had flies buzzing all over the place and the food. It was gross. After eating a minimal amount of food, we left and arrived at our destination about two hours later. About 5 minutes after arriving at a relatives house, my 9 year old daughter began throwing up. As I helped her I too began getting sick about 15 minutes after she did. We threw up off and on for five hours. I ended up driving to the pharmacy at 3 a.m. to get Pepto Bismal to stop the stomach pain. Conclusion: We had HORRIBLE food sickness. Needless to say the weekend was a bit of a bust. We will continue to go visit family, but we will not recommend the Back 40 or stop by again EVER. My guess is MSG, a food preservative, may have been used to preserve some of this food sitting out for such a long period of time. Overall rating: VERY BAD EXPERIENCE.
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