Dining out in style is nearly impossible these days...

As technology invades our everyday tasks, we find more and more restaurants eliminating servers and have replaced them with iPads. The order is placed and runners deliver the food. That idea is starting to creep up the ladder toward the finer restaurants. For me, a great deal of the satisfaction gleaned by dining out is the service. More and more, a good server is difficult to find. There are a few establishments who train their servers well, and it shows. In the good old days, a high priced meal came with exceptional service. Now, that is a rarity. 

I have a prediction. As restaurants find the significant savings of eliminating servers, we will see more and more restaurants following - until the need reappears for fine service with fine dining. I believe restaurants, in the near future, will be able to distinguish themselves by their service as well as by their food offering. In fact, the service aspect may trump the food quality a bit. For me, I would rather have a good meal with excellent service than have an excellent meal with mediocre service.