If it were entirely up to me, we'd never go out to eat. It's inconvenient (we are rural, you have to drive everywhere), it's way too salty for me, you have to wait, it's expensive, and it's just not as good as if we cooked it ourselves. And then you need to drive home again!
My mom went to culinary school, the bar is set pretty high in our family. Food is a family activity - not just eating it, I mean making it. Even when we went on an extended family vacation together (my sister and family, my family, our parents, BIL's parents), we brought along things like our waffle iron so we could make brunch for all the little cousins, and mom cooked big dinner feasts for all. After the table was cleared, the grandmas played cards with the kids, over and over.