Meals from elite urban restaurants are traveling long distances to reach customers
Meals being delivered by One Off Hospitality. Photo: Isabelle Langheim By Alina Dizik Dec. 15, 2020 11:40 am ET
For months, Kate and Ben Masino had failed to find a time for the 40-minute drive from their home in Devon, Pa., to Philadelphia’s Fork restaurant for a date night. But in the midst of the pandemic, the couple found the next best thing: They ordered Fork’s $90 champagne-braised chicken for two, and picked it up at a local business just five minutes from their home.
It was a win, says Ms. Masino, a 36-year-old health-care executive with two children. The couple had never been to Fork before, and found that the quality was predictably better than the local offerings. “We were sick of the usual suspects in our area,” she says.