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It became clear early on that app-based delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats were not the best way to support local businesses. If a restaurant had its own ordering site or a preferred service, we wanted to use that\u2014or even, heaven forfend, call the place.<\/p>\n<p>The secondary issue was that we kept ordering from the same places, and we wanted to mix it up. Sometimes we&#8217;d want to pick something up nearby. Sometimes we wanted to avoid an entire category (&#8220;Too many carbs this week, no pasta&#8221;) or try the newest places we knew about, or maybe a forgotten classic. 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