> But that's all not an excuse to hide behind a fleet of faux-boutique identities.
Absolutely agreed. And of all places I won't use once they've demonstrated untrustworthyness, food providers are top of the list.
Not only is what you do (and don't) eat rather important, but also it's something that I can actually do myself.
If I don't trust CPU manufacturers not to backdoor my computer, I have limited options. If I don't trust a restaurant, I can pan fry my own tofu.
Also classic diner food is generally pretty inappropriate for using more than a few times a month because it's not very good for you.
It's more like the backend of a large, decent company canteen[1] stuck to a milk-round front end.
[1] And I don't really mean the ones that are just buying catering trays of food from a wholesaler and heating it. I worked in a factory in China for some time and their food was great. Simple, home style food, cooked right there, from scratch, every day. Lunch for everyone and an option of breakfast and dinner (mostly for residential workers). It's the only food that's not homemade that I could imagine eating daily.
But that's all not an excuse to hide behind a fleet of faux-boutique identities. When you do that it's borderline scam. Or not borderline at all, once you accept that most of the money we spend on getting food cooked for is not about the calories and not even about the taste.