Take-out

Take-out, delivery or sit at the lunch counter or dining room in the back.

Flatiron Lunch: Latin American is a Good Sophie’s Alternative | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

Take-out is as easy as dialing a number, saying a name, and waiting for the delivery.

The Missing Take-Out, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Once all the dirty dishes were up on the drain, he needed to scoop out the glop that had slid to the bottom: strings of spaghetti, bits of Chinese Take-out, Cheerios, and hunks of Lovely's Kibbles had all glommed together.

Message '93 Ginnah Howard 2011

Take-out meals are substantially cheaper than eating in the restaurant.

Taking Out the Competition, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Take-out is just another way that humans have come up with for taking out the "middle man".

The Missing Take-Out, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Take-out usually implies a wait between preparing the food and eating it as the person has to drive home or to a park to eat it.

The Missing Take-Out, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Chinese Take-out -- GM has sold Hummmer to a Chinese company.

Short Takes 2009

Take-out does incur some unique costs: take-out food containers, boxes or bags, packaged condiments, plastic eating utensils, etc.

The Missing Take-Out, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Take-out might not convince you that the extra 175 bucks was worth it.

Taking Out the Competition, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Take-out places have created an industry by preying on this group of tired and occasionally tipsy people who are vulnerable to easy solutions.

Amanda Hesser: The Week of Eating In: Italian Rice Salad 2010