Like Polat, Sader was waiting to be joined by his wife; he delivered takeout for a Japanese restaurant named Hibachi Brothers.
"Our doormen told me probably 50 percent of the people in our building have takeout delivered on any given night".
Delivering takeout is how Mr. Chen died.
I had a few stints as a bike messenger (a once exalted profession I haven't heard much about recently; I think their rep has been besmirched by guys delivering restaurant takeout, a whole other category).
As Bernardin sees it, the Village has become an extended college campus for text-messaging, iPod-impaired young professionals who can't be bothered to cook or say hello in the elevator and the "hellions" who deliver them their takeout.
Have takeout food with precise requirements.
Instead, the temple's abbot dials a local restaurant and has takeout delivered.
Then you can bring your own Champagne, get your favorite takeout delivered, turn up the air-conditioning and watch movies.
It was nice, but maybe not that special, with a gull- and duck-filled beach on a manicured-looking inlet and the amusing option of ordering takeout delivered direct to your RV (we had rather tasty Thai food).
Nor do I know many who would sacrifice their cooked-to-order meals using all organic ingredients like quinoa and almond milk rather than Chinese takeout delivered to the bank lobby.
