Inventing the Restaurant: From Bone Broth to Michelin

Early humans may have visited each others’ caves for a shared
meal, but they wouldn’t have expected to be served at their own
table, or to choose when and what to eat. But today, restaurants
are ubiquitous: there are millions of them worldwide, and the
average American eats roughly 200 meals a year in one. So who
invented the first restaurant, and when and where did it appear?
How did it change society—and change along with society? And, in
today’s saturated market, is there a scientific way to choose the
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