@michael_ahrens tweets us:
“Because nothing sounds like a better lunch delivery option than boiled octopus…”
Hahaha The Greek Spot rules – this is very good news.
delivery
11th and Park Road, NW
From an email:
“we are now offering delivery service to our neighbors in the columbia heights area from 4pm – 10pm daily! We encourage folks to use ChowNow or download the RedRocks app to place orders online, but, of course, calling works just fine, too. [(202) 506-1402]”
Very good news for Brightwood and north country. Thanks to a reader for sending the news about Salt and Pepper Grill III. Despite pleas to the neighborhood, Chocolate Crust closed (just south of Walmart) at the end of October. Salt and Pepper Grill II opened up a year ago at 14th and Shepherd St, NW. The original Salt and Pepper Grill is located at 2632 Georgia Ave, NW in Pleasant Plains. You can see their menu here.
Ed. Note: I just had Salt and Pepper Grill II delivered on Friday and it was freaking delicious.
5830 Georgia Ave, NW
Photo via OrderAhead
Hang on to your hats west coasters – well it’s not April 1st so here goes – @apblair tweets us:
“#DC to get #innoutburger for a day – is this for real?? OrderAhead @PoPville @BarackObama #InNOut”
“OrderAhead delivers food from the best restaurants in Washington DC and Arlington. To celebrate our launch in DC, we’ll be delivering the best from the West: In-N-Out’s Double Double Burger!
How It Works
Fill out the form to claim your burger (frozen, shipped overnight).
Download the OrderAhead iPhone or Android app
On September 25th, order and pay for your In-n-Out Burger through the OrderAhead app.
When your burger arrives, pop it in the microwave.
Enjoy your Double Double!”
For those not familiar with In N Out Burger: You can see their burgers here.
1320 H Street, NE
Good news via email this morning:
“Pizza Parts & Service Delivery starts today! Nonna’s, round pies, wings & #thatslice are now available for delivery”
Photo by PoPville flickr user DooleyPhoto
“Dear PoPville,
A couple people I know have been ordering food for delivery around the district and paying with a credit card. They have been adding a few extra dollars for the tip before the card is charged to not mess with having cash, adding more to the bill afterwards, etc. Then the delivery driver comes to your home and is looking for a tip, even though you already paid one. He will just say you didn’t pay a tip, you need to pay a tip, almost aggressively.
I thought this was ridiculous and petty when I first heard… until it happened to me. Twice.
I dont know what it is, but twice now I have ordered delivery, paid a tip beforehand, and then gotten the driver to almost heckle me to the point of tipping him. Now, I tip pretty well, and even if it is only a few dollars, why would you want to tip twice? Are these drivers hustling large number of people out of tips, and getting twice the amount?
I would assume much of this happens last at night when people are more inebriated and most likely forget they already paid a tip, or just say forget it and pay it anyway. But! I thought this was something to bring to your attention. I definitely want to hear if this has happened to other people, especially late at night and see if it is a growing hustle in DC. It just seemed to me, and the others who it had happened to, that the drivers knew they had gotten a tip and were so adamant about no tip, it almost seemed suspicious. Maybe I am over-thinking heavily, but wanted to know what you think.”
Thanks to those who passed on emails about these two new delivery options.
“Mama Chuy DC authentic Mexican Restaurant located at 2620 Georgia Ave NW is now offering delivery. Starting tomorrow Fri. January 10, 2014 our delivery hours are 12noon-10:30pm Monday- Saturday, 1.5 mile radius, $20 min & $2.50 delivery fee. Call us @ 202-667-6262 (202-667-MAMA) visit us at mamachuydc.com for all of our menus.”
Kushi is located at 465 K Street, NW. You can see the menu and delivery radius below:
Photo by PoPville flickr user Joe in DC
A couple years ago we spoke about the best pizza delivery options in DC. But for today I want to know what are your favorite non-pizza delivery options? Lately my favorite delivery is Greek Spot at 11th and U St, NW. Tons of restaurants have been opening up the last few years – any of them have a good delivery option? In addition to your overall favorite – what are the favorite fastest options too? And a brief side note – how much do you/should you tip the delivery guy?
Photo by PoPville flickr user fromcaliw/love
Keeping with fun FQotD for the month of August:
“Dear PoPville,
I was hoping that the PoP community would be a good place to survey people on where they like to get delivery from? I love going out to DC and trying all the different restaurants here, but when it comes to getting good delivery for a lazy evening, I have few ideas. I live in the Columbia Heights area and my boyfriend is in Adams Morgan, so I’m particularly interested in restaurants that would deliver to those areas. Some of my favorites are DC Noodles, Rice and Meiwah, but there just have to be more! And I’m not talking the standard Manny & Olga’s Pizza delivery. Any suggestions out there? And I know many places do takeout, but I’m really looking for delivery ideas.”
We talked about good pizza delivery options here. But I’d also be curious to hear about other delivery options. In addition to the name of the restaurant please also say what neighborhood(s) they deliver to. I’ve been pretty happy with Sala Thai delivery to Petworth.
So for the Friday Question of the Day – what’s your favorite delivery option?
“Dear PoP,
Have you ever done a blog topic on the best delivered pizza in the various neighborhoods? We have not found a
pizza yet (U St, NW), and now think our frozen pizzas are actually better than any of the doughy undercooked messes we get delivered.”
We talk about pizza a lot and that partly because I probably eat pizza 3 times a week… Anyway, delivery pizza is an important question. Obviously a lot is going to depend on what neighborhood you live in. I know Moroni & Bros. pizza delivers to the Petworth area and Pete’s delivers to Columbia Heights but what are the best delivery options for the rest of DC?
For the U St area I know some folks are fans of Homemade Pizza but to be honest I’m not sure they deliver.
If you make recommendations please let us know what neighborhood/area they deliver to.