You believe they're just using up surplus and not taking any new deliveries? I hope that's not the case, but I could see it happening. It puts even more people out of work (restaurants, but also people working the supply chain), and takes away another source of food for everyone else at a time when grocery stores can't stay stocked due to irrational hoarding.

Personally, if I owned a restaurant, and determined I could continue to at least break even with takeout/delivery only, I'd keep it open. Better to keep my employees and not have to either 1) start over after this has passed, hire all new people or 2) go out of business.

In Chicago, some of the higher end restaurants have closed down. They can likely afford to. I haven't heard any rumblings of "stay open until we're out of food" but the next few days might be interesting.