Restaurants aren’t very economic. Trendy restaurants have very long lines and turn people away or scare them off. For example, I got a reservation for Flour + Water at 7PM on a Saturday, and as I was walking in I heard the hostess say there was a four hour wait for table for two. That may be a little extreme, but most even slightly popular restaurants have hour plus waits on the weekends.
Popular restaurants could shorten their lines and make more money by charging more on weekends. The problem is that many people see long lines as an indication that the restaurant is good. When having a line maintains business, there isn’t much incentive to change. This leaves us in a position where someone who values their time has to wait in line for an hour or two for dinner when they would gladly pay more for dinner without the line.
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