Food Fight at the Golden Corral

Mother's Day can be tough sometimes:

Thelma Oliver said she thought it was a good idea to take her mother, Linda Oliver, out for Mother’s Day yesterday with her father, Clarence.

The Oliver family, though, found themselves fending off punches and thrown tables and chairs at the Golden Corral restaurant, 5730 Opportunity Dr., yesterday afternoon, which could go down as The Great Toledo Mother’s Day Brawl.

About 10 Toledo Police units responded to the melee with an estimated 15 people involved inside the restaurant. Five people were arrested and six people were hurt, including four who were taken to hospitals for minor injuries.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Thelma Oliver said. “This is supposed to be Mother’s Day. It’s just a crying shame.”

The incident started shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the crowded, buffet-style restaurant near Alexis Road and Lewis Avenue. Sgt. Lee Kikolski said it appeared that two women in the restaurant had words over a child, which ignited the fight.

Golden Corral is not exactly a fancy place where you ought to take your mom for Mother's Day. It's one of those all-you-can-stuff-down-your-neck places where fat people go to get fatter as cheaply as possible. If there's going to be a fight there, it'll usually be over a biscuit. I'm sure there are better places to go in Toledo (then again, maybe not).