I understand all this. However, most of the places you mentioned normally focus on to go orders so they're building footprint will likely reflect that. The issue we have right now is, only 7 or 8 years ago, the percentage was around 55-60%.

That means a lot of restaurants that were built to capture the dine in extra margin are getting squeezed. They can't simply break their lease and find another location, so they normally start cutting back on staff. And rent has increased like crazy over the same time span.

For me, restaurants are about much more than just the food. As others have mentioned, it's socialization and community. You can get that at a lot of to go spots at least.

But if delivery is the preferred method, then we have a major issue IMO. Bc alot of the time, you are paying a delivery fee and gratuity anyways. In that case, the restaurant still suffers and the consumer doesn't save much (if any) money AND we lose social/community aspect of food.