Tony Delivers is greater than a man on a motorbike — now he’s an app.
Tony Illes made waves in Seattle final 12 months when the deliveryman responded to a rise in supply app charges by going into enterprise for himself, taking orders instantly by textual content and pasting up advertisements for his companies everywhere in the downtown core. There was sufficient of a response from prospects — and drivers who wished to comply with him in dropping DoorDash and Uber Eats — that he has now launched an app of his personal.
Known as (duh) Tony Delivers, the app’s homepage calls on customers to “Be a part of the supply revolution… Get to know your supply driver, help truthful pay, and luxuriate in extra selections.” As Eater Seattle reported final 12 months, the thought is that drivers who join the app will have the ability to set their very own supply areas and costs, and prospects will have the ability to decide from a menu of drivers. That performance doesn’t actually exist in lots of areas, nevertheless — in its launch format, Tony Delivers solely works in a number of Seattle neighborhoods. (If it doesn’t function in your space, you’ll be able to join a ready checklist.) Get it right here.
Now for extra information of the week:
Good Voyage rises from the ashes
In November 2023, a fireplace destroyed the inside of South Park’s Good Voyage, and proprietor Campbell Scarborough advised Eater Seattle that he wasn’t certain when, or whether or not, the espresso store would reopen. Properly now it has! Final weekend the cafe quietly opened its doorways to prospects, with pastries, espresso, and even a brand new dinner and cocktail menu. Good Voyage continues to be in a delicate open section — that means don’t anticipate every part to be good in the event you present up — however that is undeniably welcome information for the South Park neighborhood. For extra info and opening hours, go right here.
Ghost Observe expands downtown
In additional welcome espresso information, Ghost Observe, a restaurant notable for its revolutionary seasonal drinks, opened its second location final month. It’s contained in the Seattle Tower skyscrape at 1218 Third Avenue. Because the Puget Sound Enterprise Journal notes, “The opening is a constructive signal for Third Avenue, the transit hall that’s been an epicenter of town’s homelessness, dependancy and issues of safety, notably for the reason that onset of the pandemic.”
Soupacalypse arrives in Fremont
A pair weeks in the past, John Wahlke, the GM and chef at Fremont’s Mischief Distillery wrote us to tell us that “Seattle’s one and solely neighborhood soup stroll” was occurring from January 30 to February 2. “Neighborhood soup stroll”? Sure, this occasion (which began in January 2021 throughout the Covid lockdown period), consists of diners ordering soup and gathering “Souper Stickers” from any of the 16 collaborating eating places and bars; anybody who will get eight stickers can flip them in for prizes at Mischief. For a full checklist of collaborating eating places — together with a few of Fremont’s most notable names — go right here. And take a look at this artwork:
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