When did we stop going out on a Tuesday?

A Tuesday night dinner out used to be ordinary. Now it feels like an event that needs planning, a reservation and a reason.

Delivery made staying home easy, and a few years of practice made it a habit. Prices did the rest. But something is lost when a neighborhood's restaurants are busy only on weekends.

The places that thrive seem to have figured out how to be a destination and a habit at the same time. That's a hard trick, in restaurants and in plenty of other businesses.