I think might go bike to the local pizza place.
After running the numbers on a few local shops, it seems like for anyone in a suburban or urban area, it would be faster and in many cases cheaper to bicycle to the nearest pizza place and bring your order home yourself. The nearby place wants at least 40 minutes for a delivery and prices for pizza are rather high- not to mention that it costs another $3 for delivery plus a tip for the delivery guy. In this weather, you're going to want to tip the delivery guy, or you're a complete jerk. However, there's a Little Ceasar's just as close to my house. They don't deliver, but they do have $5 pizzas, hot and ready all the time. I could probably make it there, buy a pizza, and come back in less than the amount of time it would take other places to bring me a pizza.
Anyone else done something similar? What do you think about this?
-V
National Geo aired a program called "Hacking the system" that discussed Restaurant tricks including pizzerias. The recommendation is to pick up the pizza yourself as it is cheaper and the Pizza will be hotter than room temperature when it hits your table.. Delivery usually has three or four pies at a go to delivery. Lucky you if you're residence is the first stop and the pimply faced kid can find you quickly. Not so much if you lower in the stack and the first customers are paying by check or the loose change out of their couch and said kid doesn't have a map or a GPS.
