Today let's talk about getting food delivered. I started out very lukewarm about the idea. I didn't really know how to do it, and I thought it would be too $$$ and the food would be stone cold. Then I'd think, from the comfort of my home, "I really don't want to drive somewhere and get out of my car toting my oxygen in this heat to get food." Besides, I couldn't go in my pj's barefoot!
A big breakthrough in my thinking occurred when I discovered that anyone with Amazon Prime has free Grubhub delivery service. That "free" word caught my attention. I don't remember which restaurant I tried first, but it didn't take long for me to embrace the concept! And...drivers seem to have a way to keep the food hot in transit, a big plus for me.
I have only used Grubhub, Door Dash, and Uber Eats delivery services. You just enter www.grubhub.com in your search bar to get a list of participating restaurants. I have gotten very good deliveries from Abuelo's, Black Eyed Pea, Chicken Express, and Jersey Mike's. I have received two orders from Prespa's on Sublett which were not complete. When I called they said I would have better service from them through Door Dash. I have the Chick Fil A ap on my phone, so I order it delivered by them--very fast, but they do charge.
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Another place that does a great delivery is Blue Mound Cafe. I had heard that they served a great Monte Cristo sandwich, one of my faves! It surprised me that they deliver until 8:30 P.M. I doubted that a Monte Cristo long enough out of the frying pan to be delivered would be very good, but it was! They actually have a huge, mind boggling menu from which to choose. They recommended Door Dash for delivery.
I have to warn you there are often fees of assorted origin tacked on to orders, especially annoying to those of us who have bargained shopped and pinched pennies through the years. But...if we're going to have the covenience, we'll have to face the music of the cost! Often the restaurant will include a minimum tip, but I always try to be generous in increasing that to a "custom tip" for my driver. I think that's one reason I get good service, and those dollars mean a lot to people driving for a living!
I always have "contact free" delivery. Food is just left on the porch. I had one botched delivery, taken to someone else's home. The order was replaced, but the process took forever. Just be prepared for that possibility.
I think one must register initially to Grubhub with your Amazon password, but I think you are automatically recognized after that. There's some kind of little symbol that must appear on your restaurant's listing for the delivery to be free, which I found out through personal experience! Each restaurant lists approximate delivery times. Start early!
Be thankful if you or someone in your household looks decent enough and is willing to go pick up food! It's more economical! But keep this in your back pocket in case you get lazy like me... or is it "like I?"
P. S. While I was working on this, I stopped and drove to Taco Bueno, not very far from me, to pick up lunch for myself. The traffic was terrible. I quickly recalculated the value of delivery.
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