# Why are pizza and Chinese the only 'delivery' foods? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 16, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415 "2004-07-16T14:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/21 "2004-07-16T22:27:55Z")
You live in a college town and can’t get sandwiches delivered? Balderdash! Call Jimmy Johns: 812-332-9265 on Kirkwood or 812-333-2102 on 10th. (these I got from [www.JimmyJohns.com](http://www.JimmyJohns.com)) So there. 🙂 How far away is Peoria? I looked up “bloomington indiana delivery” and got a lot of “peoria/bloomington metro” sites. They have a TON of delivery places, mexican, italian, etc. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/22 "2004-07-16T22:31:46Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > A friend of mine started a company called Dining Out maybe 5 or 6 years ago. The company delivers from most of the major restaurants in the St. Louis metro area. It was a great idea on her part - she was bought out two or three years ago when she moved out-of-state with her husband, but before she left, she was very successful. Do you have any idea what the service is called now? I’d be interested in getting food other than pizza delivered. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/23 "2004-07-16T22:39:31Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > Do you have any idea what the service is called now? I’d be interested in getting food other than pizza delivered. Here’s a link to their web site: [569-Dine](http://www.569dine.com/). It has the phone number and a list of hours (operational hours are kind of limited - I think they’re open until 9 or 9:30, but that might have changed), plus a list of their affiliated restaurants and their menus. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/24 "2004-07-16T22:40:18Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > How far away is Peoria? I looked up “bloomington indiana delivery” and got a lot of “peoria/bloomington metro” sites. They have a TON of delivery places, mexican, italian, etc. Peoria, Illinois is I’m confident in saying outside the delivery area for anyplace that might serve Bloomington, Indiana. Although now I’m experiencing some flashback cravings for some of the delivery food I could get back when I lived in Bloomington, Illinois. Mmmmm…Grog’s Pizza… ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/25 "2004-07-17T03:19:35Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Peoria, Illinois is I’m confident in saying outside the delivery area for anyplace that might serve Bloomington, Indiana. > > Although now I’m experiencing some flashback cravings for some of the delivery food I could get back when I lived in Bloomington, Illinois. Mmmmm…Grog’s Pizza… Oh man, I LIVED on Grog’s in Champaign/Urbana. $3.99 for a medium pizza, free extra sauce, extra cheese, bell peppers and onions…lousy crust but man, $3.99 to your door… ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/26 "2004-07-17T04:25:08Z")
I’m surprised that delivery options in Bloomington, IN have dried up so much since I lived there. It hasn’t been THAT many years! Dagwood’s Deli & Sub delivers, as I recall, so there are your sandwiches. Not sure if memory is accurate, but I thought BuffaLouie’s did, too. Now if Janko’s, Macri’s Deli, and the Irish Lion had delivered, I wouldn’t have moved away. And I’d weigh about 400 lbs. Now I’m hungry and homesick. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/27 "2004-07-17T06:22:53Z")
I can get Thai as well as pizza and Chinese here. I don’t know about services that bring chow from other restaurants but they may very well exist. I just never thought about it. ---
**Author:** ![bat312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bat312](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bat312)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/28 "2004-07-17T06:36:31Z")
People…it is made of people! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/29 "2004-07-17T07:23:34Z")
Here in Roanoke, VA, we have a company called Gourment To Go that will pick up and deliver food from an ever-expanding list of restaurants. It’s easy, convenient, and offers a great selection. It’s also expensive as hell. The first, and last, thing I ordered from them was a seven-dollar chicken dinner from Country Cookin’ that cost me fifteen bucks (pre-tip). Other than that, it’s pretty much pizza or Chinese. I guess that’s why GTG can get away with charging so much…they don’t have much in the way of competition, and they’ve been around for at least a couple years. And as for you lucky bastiges in NYC, thanks for giving me yet another reason to envy you. Not only can you actually _do_ stuff at three o’clock in the morning that doesn’t involve getting hammered, you can also get real food delivered to your homes. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/30 "2004-07-17T07:41:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Now if Janko’s, Macri’s Deli, and the Irish Lion had delivered… The Irish Lion is one of my favorite places to eat here. I’m surprised they keep letting me in, also…I’m not 21 and I don’t look 21, but they don’t ask. Good for them! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/31 "2004-07-18T16:10:21Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > I’m surprised that delivery options in Bloomington, IN have dried up so much since I lived there. It hasn’t been THAT many years! > > Dagwood’s Deli & Sub delivers, as I recall, so there are your sandwiches. Not sure if memory is accurate, but I thought BuffaLouie’s did, too. > > Now if Janko’s, Macri’s Deli, and the Irish Lion had delivered, I wouldn’t have moved away. And I’d weigh about 400 lbs. Now I’m hungry and homesick. I wouldn’t know either, i’ve never been to those places except the Irish Lion. A bloomington steakhouse that delivered would be damn nice. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415/32 "2004-07-19T11:24:13Z")
here in the UK the no 1 takeout is probably indian, then pizza and chinese [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pizza-and-chinese-the-only-delivery-foods/255415.md?page=1)