Here's the part that breaks down: If restaurants were more efficient, then why are restaurants (1) more expensive, (2) using worse ingredients, (3) taking lon

Here's the part that breaks down: If restaurants were more efficient, then why are restaurants (1) more expensive, (2) using worse ingredients, (3) taking longer, and (4) have questionable quality. Granted, I'd understand if in the good-fast-cheap triangle, you lose one, but with restaurants, most are questionable quality, take longer, and have gotten expensive. I can make better food faster with better ingredients for a cheaper price at my own house for my own family, as long as we did some thi king ahead and planning. On top of that, when I make a new recipe, I learn how to make something new with new ingredients that helps me do more exotic dishes in the future. It's not entirely clear to me restaurants are the theoretical economic efficient location that is claimed. Even if you use fast food, their prices have gotten higher and quality even more questionable on the already garbage quality they had. It seems to me there is more efficiency in people learning to make their own food, and cooking better at home - both in the results and the discipline on the person. Sometimes decentralization is more efficient than centralization, and I think this is an example. I will say optimizing grocery delivery makes alot more sense ro me than restaurant delivery.