please explain Wonder to me

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The concept is that they contract with popular restaurants to offer their dishes, but everything is prepared offsite somewhere and essentially reheated in the local kitchen before they deliver it. I guess it works if you want a dish from a place where you can't get delivery from, or if you have people wanting things for that would otherwise need to be ordered from different venues.


We have several of them in NYC. I don't really understand how it goes over here because there are so many good local takeout options where you don't get pre-cooked, reheated meals.

It’s prepped and par-cooked, and then finished onsite, not cooked and reheated

It's frozen food run through a Turbochef. It's basically a step above microwaving. Another ensh*tification example brought to you VC/PE.

Yep. Private Equity running wild. I refuse to even try them. The one by me is always empty, I can't imagine they would be able to pay rent without major backing. I fully expect them to pull a Foxtrot where they just fire all their employees on the spot and completely abandon the market within hours after wildly overexpanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it only works for certain foods? Because a lot of meals can't be parcooked then reheated.

That hasn't stopped some from trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its not good. So bummed that so many are opening up.

And because of the numerous parties involved, the "signature" chef's recipe, the pre-bake kitchen, the final kitchen, or the delivery driver, who is to blame?

[Anonymous]

I think the only use case is groups of people who want to eat together but don’t want the same type of food. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts

[Anonymous]

So its sort of like a food hall but with celebrity restaurants?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So its sort of like a food hall but with celebrity restaurants?

Basically yes. Celebrity restaurants with no celebrity cooking though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So its sort of like a food hall but with celebrity restaurants?

I don’t think you eat in them, though, which you would in a food hall (aka glorified food court). My understanding is that Wonder focuses on food delivery.

[Anonymous]

Sure is named correctly….everyone is Wondering what the hell this place is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure is named correctly….everyone is Wondering what the hell this place is!

And now Wondering when it will fold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tech bros ruining everything again.

This.

[Anonymous]

It will be good for me with my picky kids, they can eat whatever they want and I can eat adult-like food. They are opening one in Rockville June 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be good for me with my picky kids, they can eat whatever they want and I can eat adult-like food. They are opening one in Rockville June 1.

Nice try, new Wonder owner!

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Anonymous wrote:It will be good for me with my picky kids, they can eat whatever they want and I can eat adult-like food. They are opening one in Rockville June 1.

Nice try, new Wonder owner!

PP I'm not the owner!!! haha, I just saw the date on Reddit or something, it's right next to Tatte.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The concept is that they contract with popular restaurants to offer their dishes, but everything is prepared offsite somewhere and essentially reheated in the local kitchen before they deliver it. I guess it works if you want a dish from a place where you can't get delivery from, or if you have people wanting things for that would otherwise need to be ordered from different venues.


We have several of them in NYC. I don't really understand how it goes over here because there are so many good local takeout options where you don't get pre-cooked, reheated meals.

It’s prepped and par-cooked, and then finished onsite, not cooked and reheated

It's frozen food run through a Turbochef. It's basically a step above microwaving. Another ensh*tification example brought to you VC/PE.

Yep. Private Equity running wild. I refuse to even try them. The one by me is always empty, I can't imagine they would be able to pay rent without major backing. I fully expect them to pull a Foxtrot where they just fire all their employees on the spot and completely abandon the market within hours after wildly overexpanding.

Ugh, I suspect you're right. I'll skip this stupid trend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tech bros ruining everything again.

This.

Agree! And Falls Church City lost a longtime and well-loved hardware store, Brown’s Hardware, that will be replaced by this crappy tech concoction.