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Considering Tesla is optimizing for customer experience, such deal is unlikely to placate a carowner who now needs to wait for an extra hour or two for for a spare spot.

If the restaurant is optimizing for such customer, they can always install their very own high-speed wall charger http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/wall-connector-with-8-5...

Some hotels, restaurants and wineries have done this, and they show up as "destination chargers" on Tesla maps.

I wouldn't quite call 24$ per hour a "small fee" for parking. If you're in a restaurant for two hours after you've charged that's nearly fifty bucks just for parking.

If you plan to have 2-hour meals, you do not need to charge at a supercharger. Thats what destination chargers are for. They are cheap enough, that every parking lot can be equipped where there is demand.

Then think of it as a fee for charging.

It's like going to the toilet mid-meal.