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> The video spends about half its time on the phenomenon of restaurants that are all relabeled versions of the same core concept --- that's, like, annoying, lik
by silenced_trope 3y ago
> The video spends about half its time on the phenomenon of restaurants that are all relabeled versions of the same core concept --- that's, like, annoying, like I would feel taken if I ordered from a "restaurant" and really it was just one of 7 interchangeable labels for the same place, but it's not materially damaging in any way.
There's a restaurant on Polk St that does this with Ubereats. I know their address based on seeing it a few times and have learned not to order from it.
Here's a list, I won't add links because they're too long, but you can find them all on Ubereats. This restaurant from the outside is "Fresco Pizza Shawarma", here's nine storefronts they have on Ubereats.
- Ma's Meatballs
- Big Daddy's Wings
- Chateau Shawarma
- Angry Chicken
- Uncle Sam's Pizza
- Polk St Pizza
- Wingman Co.
- Little Italy's Calzones
- Little Italy Pasta
They probably have more too this was just a quick search. It's spammy and I've learned to check the address of restaurants to see if they're a "ghost kitchen". I suspect a lot of "real" restaurants with just one authentic storefront get drowned out in the "ghost kitchen" spam.
- hot_gril 3y agoThis is another reason I don't mess with food delivery. Also, you're talking about SF. Isn't the point of living in SF that you can walk to places?
- tptacek 3y agoNo? I mean, in the sense that it's a dense urban area, sure, but nobody is really walking from Noe to Soma or whatever just for a meal? Basically every restaurant in San Francisco is, in Chicago terms, in everybody's delivery radius. You can walk to some places, but not all of the places. Also: Manhattanites basically kicked this whole Internet restaurant delivery thing off with Seamless. Sometimes people just don't want to go out.
- hot_gril 3y agoNot Noe to Soma, but there are a ton of restaurants (and other businesses) in easy walking distance in SF. That was the only thing I liked about living there.
- hollerith 3y agoEasy to fix by UberEats's starting to charge a monthly fee for each storefront. UberEats gets a new revenue stream, and the customer experience improves.
- hot_gril 3y agoIdk if they can make the fee high enough to discourage this behavior without also discouraging legit businesses from signing up.