Monday, May 14, 2018

Doordash. A meal delivery service that will go to just about any eatery.


Approved!!
Doordash
Service in over 600 cities in North America
Headquarters is in San Fransisco
Website: https://www.doordash.com
Also available with apps for iPhones and Android.
Status: Approved


If you are unable to leave your home or office OR you are just too lazy to go out, You can go to Doordash's website or click on the app on your iPhone or Droid and gain access to a whole load of Diners, Pizza Parlors, Fast food joints and restaurants. You can then select your food choices, and then pay by credit card or ApplePay if you have an iPhone. You can also choose the tip for the driver. I believe tips start at 10% and go up to 25%. The app will show the status and time you should expect delivery. Since this is a company that is not affiliated with any eatery, I suspect they call the eatery and place the order. Then they contact the driver to tell them where they are picking up the food and the name and address of the customer. My two experiences were ok. The first order came right on time. The second order actually came early. Keep in mind the distance the driver must drive from the eatery to your home. The order from Oakland Diner was warm but not cold. The order from the PQ was a tad cool, but delicious as always. One thing though, neither restaurants menus had a selection for cakes and pies. The only deserts you could order was fresh fruit cups or ice cream. Beverages are available. They come with ice in a 12oz plastic cup. The driver will either text you or call you when they arrive at your house. Overall, this has been a good service so this service is APPROVED. 

Friday, August 12, 2016

Saddle Brook Diner - Saddle Brook, NJ


Saddle Brook Diner
30 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
(201) 843-5929
Status: APPROVED

This is a good tucked away diner with good food and a good staff. The exterior is clean looking and the inside just the same with murals of things relating to the 1950's and 60's. Pumped through the speakers is usually one of the Sirius oldies channels to tap your feet to while enjoying your meal. The food is good quality and you can expect an on duty manager floating around to even check up on the status of your meal. I like to order my steaks EXTRA WELL done and I received it one time partially pink in the middle. I told the waiter to take it back to cook a little longer and the manager even came over to apologize for it not being done enough. When it came back my steak was dead and all was good, its appreciated when the boss steps in and takes care of a matter. Despite one minor err I would still recommend this establishment to any hungry traveler.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Plaza 46 Diner, South Hackensack, NJ


Plaza 46 Diner
380 Highway 46
South Hackensack, NJ 07606
(201) 440-3704
Status: BLACKLISTED!!!

To start off with this place...Its a DUMP!! The last time I was in there, they had renovated HALF of the dining room, ran out of money and just reopened the joint. The carpet is always FILTHY and the waiting staff?? Horrible!! One time I was there, two of the waitresses almost duked it out right in the diner. Then there is one thats called "Steer".  Run into her and you will know why she's got that nickname!! The food?? Horrible!! The last thing I had there was a cheeseburger deluxe that wasn't very good. Cheap meat, cheap cheese and cheap buns.The fries sucked. I wouldn't even try getting a real meal here. As another reviewer put it, "It is comparable to a truck stop with the mentality to go with it." If you are into dumpy greasy spoon type restaurants with horrible food, this is the place for you. If you like good food, don't eat here!!

Monday, February 1, 2016

Master Pizza aka State Police Bogota, NJ


Master Pizza 
55 River Road #1
Bogota, NJ 07603
(201) 343-9025
http://www.masterpizzabogota.com
Status: APPROVED

Another good place for a few slices of pizza, a sandwich or some pasta. The owner and his family are very friendly and the service is top notch. My favorites are a veal parm sub, a veal parm dinner, and meat ravioli. The pizza is good, the sauce is very tasty. The only negative, the bread is kind of bland. It has no taste of its own. It HAS to have something on it like butter or sauce. Other than that, this place gets my fork up and a belch.

Marysville Diner Marysvile, Pa


Marysville Diner
510 S State Rd (US Rt 11)
Marysville, PA 17053
Status: APPROVED

This is another favorite stop on road trips out to central PA. Usually for dinner. The food and service have always been good. I like the burgers, although they use white American cheese, I prefer yellow. Thats not a deal breaker though as the burgers are tasty. The steak is good too. I like their fries and potatoes. The salads are usually pretty good. They ARE limited on their choice of vegetables. They do a vegetable of the day instead of offering everything every day. Their selections can be a bit weird, well for me anyway but at least they will give you apple sauce if you request it. The deserts are good too. If you're in the area, this is the diner to go to. 

Biagio's Pizza Radburn/Fair Lawn, NJ....DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

Biagio's Pizza N Pasta
23-14 Fair Lawn Ave
Radburn/Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
(201) 791-5777
Status: PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED!!

This one falls under the category of what the F*CK were we thinking?? Here's what happened... My tag team partner was worried about getting home to take rest for work so he needed to find a place quickly to eat and then run home. After hemming and hawing for awhile, looking to find something decent in the immediate area, we decided this was our best bet. Boy were we WRONG!! We both ordered slices of pizza and an order of garlic knots. Our usual quickie Italian meal. First off, this place wasn't really an "eat in" kind of place, they had a few tables but there were no napkin dispensers and when we got our food, they were in pizza boxes, no plates, like we were supposed to take this stuff home. The pizza was HORRIBLE!! The absolute worst pizza I have EVER tasted and thats pretty bad. I swear they used Ragu for pizza sauce. BOTH of us had a metallic taste in our mouths for hours after eating this stuff. The knots were horrible too. They were soaked with oil and they tasted pretty bad too. I began to feel kinda sick a few hours after eating. We both did not finish our food and threw it away. If the owners didn't like us putting our pizza boxes in his garbage can, too bad. We aint never going back there anyway. I later checked their yelp rating and I cannot for the life of me understand how they got 3&1/2 stars. They got four stars from seamless.com and three stars from Google reviews. Do these people not have taste buds?? Are the employees, friends and owners manipulating the reviews?? There were a lot of people ordering from this place and in my opinion, the people eating from this dump do NOT know good Italian food or they are just simply too lazy to find a decent Italian restaurant. This place is permanently blacklisted!! There will be no re-evaluating this establishment!!

O.I.P. Original Italian Pizza Huntingdon, PA


O.I.P Original Italian Pizza
9599 William Penn Highway (Route 22)
Huntingdon, Pa 16652
(814) 643-5520
Status: APPROVED

This is a place my tag team partner, my father and I like to hit on our extreme trips out to central PA. This place has good pizza and great sandwiches!! The bread is the best I have ever tasted!! I think they use their pizza dough to make the bread. The food is always good. The portions are generous. Try the veal parm sub!! I highly recommend it!! I would like to get back to this place again soon,