The decline of restaurants post-COVID hints at a larger decline in social fabric and vibrancy. Restaurants—almost uniformly, like rents—are now extremely expensive; QR codes are dying slowly (and made no sense to begin with). Tipping pressure has gone up, in a passive-aggressive way (the digital check, flipped around while the server looks the other way as they are trained). The quality of food seems to have very little relationship, at least often, with the quality of food produced that you eat, both in terms of quality and taste. My theory: restaurants are vectors for civilizational
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