Aligning everyone’s dating mentality with their dining mentality.
I’ve mentioned before how good my roommate Colleen is at cooking (ugh, now this is going to go to her head). She has so many spices you’d think we were the Sanderson Sisters, she actually hand makes hummus (which is more daunting then raising a real life child), and she can simultaneously cook multiple things (last time I tried to make eggs while slicing an avocado, I lit my arm hair on fire). Since she’s under 5’5″, I may enter her in Master Chef juniors because she would have a good shot in that arena and I would be amused. Any who, she’s inspired me on many occasions, like a few months ago I made a sweet potato, but I’ve assumed my lowly position in the apartment as the master of cooking eggs and #foraging. In a city where groceries are so egregiously overpriced, you can’t fault lazy millennials for outsourcing. Modern adulting entails capitalizing on ready-to-eat-food-delivery and Seamless has clear brand name dominance; however since New Yorkers are always searching for the next best thing, over the past year the delivery game has been changed by some niche and truly unique approaches to being supremely slothful.
Boom Burritos sells only 100 customizable burritos between 11am – 2pm every Friday. You can choose from an array of meats, different types of tortillas and they even have a predesigned “post equinox” burrito with kale, quinoa and greek yogurt. Fun Fact: they also sell a whole mason jar of homemade guac for $8. Gothamist Reports
Uber Eats – fully loaded…So Colleen also works for uber. If you meet her, ask her if she’s a driver, she enjoys that question. She’s on the marketing side of things and kindly alerted me about this MEGA game changer. Root & Bone, Sticky Fingers, Tacombi, Chalk Point, GG’s, Whitman’s Dimes…you name it, and Uber has it on speed dial.
Maple, the David-Chang-backed delivery service, offers flat rate $12 lunches and $15 dinners (tip and delivery included), delivered at your requested time in adorable packing. Menu items example: cider glazed pork on butternut squash with apple cider glaze, celery root hash and roasted broccoli; cauliflower steak with chimichurri, grilled zucchini, cauliflower couscous and roasted parsnips.
Here’s how it works: every day, Arcade features just one dish from a popular New York restaurant (which will change daily) – it could be dan dan noodles from Han Dynasty, it could be a bacon cheeseburger from Burger Joint, it could be borscht from Veselka. Users get a text at 10 a.m. telling them what the day’s dish is and just have to reply “yes” by 11 a.m. if they want that dish for lunch. Arcade promises all food will be made to order and delivered by 1 p.m.
