The brand currently operates 10 locations throughout New York City and New Jersey, offering pick-up, delivery, and dine-in (ordered via touch screens) from a collection of chefs, including Bobby Flay, Marc Murphy, Jose Andres, Nancy Silverton, and Marcus Samuelsson, and restaurants such as Tejas Barbeque, Di Fara Pizza, and Barrio Cafe.
Meanwhile, at-home diners can choose their meals via a "super app." A list of available restaurant brands is available here.
Marc Lore, a billionaire former Walmart executive and serial entrepreneur, is driving this venture. In an interview with the Times in March, Lore hinted at Wonder's potential, stating that it "could be the Amazon of food and beverage." According to the Times, the company has made strategic moves to solidify its position, acquiring the meal kit company Blue Apron, securing a $100 million strategic investment from Nestlé, and signing a deal with Walmart to establish Wonder in four of its stores.
Wonder's arrival marks the end of a nearly 24-month vacancy in the building that Cooper Union had subleased to the Yoshida Restaurant Group for more than 25 years. (This post has more background.)
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ReplyDeleteANd it comes with "super" app?!
id like sunrise mart back please.
i wonder how many microwaves they use in the one kitchen making this long list of crap
ReplyDeleteI "wonder" how this will work out in the long run.
ReplyDeleteIMO, this sounds like a billionaire who's become fixated on something that he's sure HAS to succeed (b/c he's a billionaire and THAT makes him a genius).
FWIW, I still miss Kamenstein's.
I miss 'around the clock' ...
ReplyDeleteme, too!
DeleteThis is profoundly depressing.
ReplyDeleteHere are the reviews from other locations: https://www.yelp.com/search?ns=1&find_desc=Wonder&choq=0&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY+10001
ReplyDeleteApparently the food is bad.
To me "Lightning-fast food delivery" only means MORE delivery bikes, scooters, and cycles running red lights, going the wrong way on one-way streets, making unexpected right and left turns against the light, and my personal favorite, cruising down the sidewalk at 20 mph. As a Senior with some mobility issues, the crosswalks and sidewalks are no longer safe.
ReplyDeleteAnd "takeout" just means MORE disposable containers, bags, napkins, plates, plastic cups, and bottles for the trenders to toss on the street or into the small park across the street just as they already do into the other triangle park by the Cooper Union building on Stuyvesant St.
Ghost Kitchens suck and are in decline. Places like these aren't about making tasty, nutritious food -- it's about making food efficiently and squeezing the brand equity out of well regarded small business.
ReplyDeleteMy take: don't frequent this place and it really will go away. Dom DeMarco (owner of DiFara's) would lose his mind seeing his name attached to these pizzas, yipes!
More bullshit from "genius" billionaires. What can go wrong?
ReplyDelete8:35 : Kamenstein Brothers Hardware was the joint! That was before NYU infiltrated so heavily.
ReplyDeleteI agree this sounds awful and hopefully will die a quick death and make way for something better.
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ReplyDeleteGlorified TV Diners.
ReplyDeleteI miss Kamenstein's, Around the Clock, St Mark's Books, AND Sharaku/Sunrise Market/Panya!
ReplyDeleteAnd REALLY not looking forward to more disposable trash/delivery bikes etc (echoing 1.11pm)
Definitely don't understand all the hate in these comments. I tried them today and it was fast / yummy and a pleasant surprise to have all those restaurants on one order. I wanted mexican, my wife wanted asian and my kid wanted a burger with mac and cheese and we were all happy. Can't do that with GrubHub
ReplyDeleteOMG! A Simpsons episode comes to life.
ReplyDelete"Night of the Living Wage" (season 35, 14th episode)
Well fortunately I can't afford to eat there. Or anywhere really. Anybody got a hot tip on the cheapest dry beans in the land?
ReplyDeleteI still have keys made at Kamenstein's!
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