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Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Ordering delivery through an app like DoorDash or GrubHub saves the trouble of cooking and lets you be a little picky you can order from your favorite restaurant. But imagine receiving your food, sitting down to eat, and it tasting. different. And then, following your gut, you learn that you’ve been duped by a fake, an imposter restaurant that stole its name. For many people ordering from two Japanese restaurants in San Francisco, that exact thing may have happened, One restaurant, now styled as an izakaya called Chome, originally opened for delivery and takeout in the former location of Blowfish Sushi. Except it didn’t bother to change the name, awning, or logo at the start. Chome, operating as if it were Blowfish Sushi, served sushi to people ordering through apps like GrubHub, Postmates, DoorDash, and Uber Eats using the identity of a restaurant that closed in December 2020. Before it closed, Blowfish Sushi had been serv ....
DoorDash and Grubhub removed imposter S.F. sushi listings. But diners remain skeptical of delivery apps FacebookTwitterEmail A Grubhub driver waits for an order at an Oakland restaurant. After a story broke about an allegedly fake San Francisco restaurant, some Bay Area readers cast blame on delivery apps.Noah Berger / Special to The Chronicle 2020 Food delivery is reportedly growing to become a $365 billion industry by 2030, and entities from DoorDash to ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick are investing in millions restaurants that have no dining room but do have online pages for delivery. But judging by reactions to a tale of an S.F. business allegedly impersonating two famous Japanese restaurants, many Bay Area diners still don’t entirely trust online food delivery operations. When the story ran, readers reached out to The Chronicle in shock. They were often quick to cast blame and call out other potential fakes, illustrating the Bay Area’s general paranoia over g ....
Skip to main content On DoorDash, these S.F. sushi spots look like famous restaurants. The real owners say they re fakes FacebookTwitterEmail Jason Teplitsky stands for a portrait outside of his closed down restaurant, Blowfish Sushi to Die For, which permanently closed in December. Without Teplitsky’s knowledge, a new restaurant took its place, also called Blowfish Sushi.Amy Osborne / Special to The Chronicle Things seemed normal when Blowfish Sushi opened for dinner Friday night in the Mission District, the familiar red spiky blowfish logo prominently displayed on a square sign above the door and a chalkboard sign advertising delivery. ....
San Francisco diners are being duped by fake restaurants, it s been alleged Doordash, Seamless, and GrubHub apps offer two listings from same location 2193 Mission Street was once home to Blowfish Sushi to Die For restaurant Jason Teplitsky was forced to shut down his eatery in December due to COVID Earlier this year, he was shocked to learn another restaurant opened at same site It used same logo and same name while offering sushi to diners online Teplitsky has threatened to file legal action claiming trademark infringement The location is also home to another app listing, Wagyu Mafia The restaurant charges $180 for cutlet sandwiches and $35 for Wagyu nigiri ....
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