Wow. So I checked out DoorDash Santa Fe.

[TygrBright]

First off, we have never used ANY food delivery service. We get take-away sometimes but we always go pick it up from the restaurant. So the whole delivery thing is weird to us.

I went to the DoorDash Santa Fe website on my computer, since I don't do stuff like that on my phone, which is for (gasp!) making and receiving phone calls.

Door Dash Santa Fe Delivery

First thing I noticed is that they have "111 restaurants" that they deliver from on their list, which might be between a quarter and a third, conservatively, of the number of actual restaurants (NOT counting food trucks, that would double the total at least) in Santa Fe.

And the huge majority of the ones they list are fast food franchises like Burger King and Panda Express and Panera and suchlike corporate suppliers of foodlike substances.

They do provide a handy search filter where you can select what type of food you're looking for which includes Latin American, Asian, Barbecue, and French, but also some weird-ass food types like "Poke" (what is "Poke" food? Someone pray tell, this is a trend we've completely missed) and "Pickup" (why would we be ordering "Pickup" cuisine from a "delivery" website? nevermind...) and... this one totally baffled: "Pet Stores". There's a "see all" button, hang on...

WOAH! This opens up a Wider World of Cuisine, including Crab, Vegan, Smoothie, Salad, "Healthy" (it's to laugh...) and even more exotic preferences like "Unaffiliated" and "Other". In fact, there are a total of 52 icons to filter your search for vittles among the 111 providers they deliver for.

There are three (3) pages of results, unfiltered. Page one has twelve (12) actual, brick-and-mortar, LOCAL (not franchises of national or regional chains) restaurants among the fifty results. Kohnami, Annapurna World Vegetarian, Cafe Atrisco, Tribes Coffeehouse, Posa's Zafarano AND Posa's Factory, etc. Real locally owned places where we might actually call, order food and pick it up ourselves. The rest of the selections range from Pizza Hut and Chili's to... not making this up... "Albertsons". Yeah, the grocery store.

But at least almost all of them are recognizable as actual places in Santa Fe, if not very appealing ones. Then there's "It's Just Wings" which I've never seen here. Says it's on Cerrillos Road, and... turns out to be Chili's. Why not just order wings from Chili's if you like Chili's wings? Whatever. And then "Maggiano's Italian Classics" which also turns out to be Chili's.

Page two has another 14-15 actual local food businesses, two or three weird rebranding exercises by big chains, and, confusingly, Office Depot, Tractor Supply Co., Big Lots and Speedway. WTAF? Everyone's getting into the takeaway biz, I guess. Page three has a few more local restaurants, Party City, and several flower shops, which I suppose makes sense for a delivery service.

What's NOT there: Piccolino's Italian, Joe's Diner, Andiamo, Santa Fe Bar and Grill, Fire and Hops, and a whole LOT of other places we like to order take-away from and go pick it up.

So I guess we won't be using DoorDash, because... why would we?

Unless we want a replacement harrow blade for our tractor, maybe...

amusedly,
Bright