forever ahead of their time
From a press release:
“Amazon.com today announced that Prime members in the greater Washington, D.C. area can now enjoy delivery from 150 popular restaurants, including Maketto, Ben’s Next Door, Hill Country Barbecue Market, Kapnos, b DC Penn Quarter, and many more. Amazon Restaurants is expanding its delivery territory from Northern Virginia to customers in the Capitol Hill, Georgetown, Adams Morgan, H Street, Shaw, and Downtown neighborhoods, to name a few.
“The hustle and bustle in the nation’s capital can make it difficult to try all the amazing restaurants around town,” said Gus Lopez, general manager of Amazon Restaurants. “Now, Amazon Restaurants makes it easy to skip traffic and get delicious meals from top restaurants conveniently delivered to your office or home in an hour or less.”
Using the Amazon or Prime Now mobile apps or by visiting www.amazon.com/restaurants, Prime members in D.C. can order from participating restaurants, browse menus, track the status of their delivery, and watch as their delivery driver travels from the restaurant to the delivery address in real time.
Once an order is placed, the food will be delivered in one hour or less. Amazon Restaurants offers customers transparent pricing—there are no menu markups. If a customer finds a restaurant item on Amazon Restaurants that is priced higher than the regularly priced item on the restaurant’s current online menu within 24 hours of placing the order, Amazon will refund that customer the price of the item.
“Who doesn’t love being a Prime member and all the benefits that come with it?” said Jesse Hiney, general manager of Osteria Morini DC. “Now my customers will be able to get our delicious pasta delivered right to their doors. Sounds dangerous in a delicious way!”
New Participating Restaurants in Washington, D.C. include:
Absolute Noodle
Acacia Bistro
Addis Ethiopian Restaurants
Al Volo DC
Amsterdam Falafelshop
Appioo African Bar & Grill
Arepa Zone
b DC Penn Quarter
Banana Leaves Asian Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Bangkok Joes
Bar Deco
Bolt Burgers
Bozzelli’s
Cafe of India
Coppi’s Organic Restaurant
Das Ethiopian
DC Pizza
DC Wisey’s
DCity Smokehouse
District Doughnut and Coffee
Duffy’s Irish Restaurant and Pub
Dupont Pizza
Espita Mezcaleria
Hill Country Barbecue Market
Indique
I-Thai Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Johnny Pistola’s
Kapnos
Khepra’s Raw Food Juice Bar
Kogod Liquors & Deli
Le Caprice DC Cafe Bakery
Lore Lounge
Maketto
Masala Art
Mayur Kabob House
Merzi
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Moxie’s
Mythology
Nazca Mochica
Nerds & Nibblers
New Dynasty Chinese Restaurant
New Heights Restaurant
Osteria Morini
Panda Gourmet
Pasha’s Kitchen
Pizza Mart
Pow Pow
Prescription Chicken
Quara Ethiopian Fusion Restaurant
Rakuya
Rasoi Indian Kitchen
Rice Bar
Rito Loco
San Antonio Bar & Grill
Shanghai Tokyo Cafe
Shawafel
Simply Banh Mi
Sloppy Mamas
Thai Chili
The Chickery
The Deli
Toku Japanese and Asian Cuisine
Tono Sushi
Uni Bistro
Uprising Muffin Company
Ventnor Sports
West Wing Cafe
Zorba’s Cafe
Prime members can download the Amazon or Prime Now apps or visit www.amazon.com/restaurants to enter their ZIP code and see if the service is available in their area. In ZIP codes where restaurant delivery is available, customers will see Restaurants on the home page.”
But how are they going to fit all that food from Maketto in these tiny robots? Kidding, it’ll probably soon arrive by flying drones…
Photo by PoPville flickr user Joe Flood