There is no cover during the day at TMC except on Wednesday, it's $9 to get in between 11 am and 2 pm so they can cover the cost of the buffet.
Even if you are not eating it's still $9 during those 3 hours.
Sounds like they have improved the buffet.
They got a new GM a few months ago and he may have got rid of the lazy kitchen stuff that was putting out sub par food and charging high end restaurant prices the last 5 years.
I went there one day for Prime Rib.
There is a day of the week where they had a slice of Prime Rib with a baked potato special.
The Prime Rib had grill mark on it and it wasn't rare or medium rare.
It was crusted on both sides from having been on the grill.
When have you ever seen Prime Rib with grill marks on it?
It wasn't a Prime Rib either.
It was Top Sirloin grilled on the grill.
What I got that day sure didn't look like this: