A very good scream of rage. This past year's christmas special from The Economist has a well though-out history on what restaurants used to be and where they ar

A very good scream of rage. This past year's christmas special from The Economist has a well though-out history on what restaurants used to be and where they are heading. https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/an-economic-history-of-restaurants https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/an-e.... Archive accessible https://archive.fo/zaHMc https://archive.fo/zaHMc One interesting quote from the end appropriate for HN: What does the history of the restaurant say about its future? People have relished their reopening. In recent weeks global restaurant reservations have been near their pre-pandemic levels. The best ones are booked up for months: Silicon Valley nerds have created automated bots which instantly reserve tables. But of course someone is botting their way to reservations...