Southern cafeteria chains like Piccadilly, K&W, and S&S are disappearing. Small business owners are saving the concept.

Source: Business Insider

The dessert spread at Luby's Cafeteria in Houston in 2002. Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty ImagesBig cafeteria chains were once a fixture in the American South. But in the 2000s, food quality worsened, and many chains started consolidating and closing.