My wife andI (way beyond that demographic age group) have cut way back on going out for many things. The prices are foolish... they breached the $15, $20, $25, and now $30 for a good restaurant. Add to that a bottle of wine and you are over $150 for the dinner alone. Now we search for the BYOB restaurants as well... they tend to be even less for their meals as well. We never order in either, if you can get to enjoy the meal prep process and the fruits of YOUR labor, those same $30 meals are less than half.