Throwaway culture as diners ditch doggy-bags

A diner showing her pizza box full of leftover pizza at Emmett’s in New York. Restaurateurs in big cities have noticed a somewhat surprising shift in diner behaviour. — Marissa Alper/The New York Times

EMMETT Burke has noticed something unusual in his Manhattan restaurants. Half-eaten pizzas dot tables and bar space, left behind by those who ordered them.

At Emmett’s and Emmett’s on Grove, Burke’s two Chicago-style pizzerias, diners seem increasingly uninterested in asking for boxes to take home leftovers.