As you lie on your comfy couch, the fire blazes, the television special escalates to its climax and your stomach rumbles for food from local restaurants that don't provide delivery.
Instead of being forced to pull yourself away from your picture-perfect environment, a new business, Take-Out Tonight, may provide an alternative to the daunting task (for many college students) of eating dinner.
Take-Out Tonight, a restaurant delivery service modeled after a similar company in Northern Virginia, opened in Charlottesville on Monday. Take-Out Tonight will order, pick up and deliver food to you from over ten restaurants in the area lacking delivery services. Among these are Amigo's, Ragazzi's and Thai 99 II, according to owner Ralph Field.
Since its opening on Monday, service has been provided to approximately 30 people. The most popular restaurant so far has been Amigos. The company is hoping to eventually receive a couple of hundred calls a day.
There are a few steps to placing an order. First, choose the restaurant and menu items. Next, call Take-Out Tonight and place the order. From there, the business will call the restaurant and place the order, pick it up and deliver it to your home.
Take-Out Tonight charges $5 for their service at one restaurant and $2 for each additional restaurant at which an order is placed. A ten percent gratuity for drivers will also be added to the final bill amount.
Unlike some pizza delivery places, an exact delivery time is not promised. The average time it takes for food to be delivered, however, is 40 minutes.
"Whenever the restaurant prepares the meal, it's about 20 minutes from that time," Field said.
Currently, there is one other location in Ruckersville, but according to Field, there are plans to go national.
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