That is, until 1944, when The New York Times explains pizza to its readers for the first time. To make matters worse, through the 1940s the world is at war and people are too worried about that and their own survival to want food delivered. Suddenly, no one’s interested in takeout or delivery because they can’t afford it. In 1929 the stock market crashes and in 1930, the Great Depression hits. The eatery runs an ad alleging that it’s “the only place on the West Coast making and delivering real Chinese dishes.” Kin-Chu is the first United States restaurant to offer this service and people love it. In 1922, Kin-Chu cafe opens in Los Angeles. The following year, a Bombay businessman starts a lunch delivery service through which he provides blue-collar workers all over the city lunch daily.ĭelivery is slow to catch on, but things are changing. He agrees and food delivery - and Margherita pizza - are born. King Umberto and Queen Margherita demand Faraele Esposito deliver them a pizza pie from Pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Cosi, now a legendary location. The first food delivery takes place in Naples, Italy in 1889.

Takeout and delivery have become such a normal part of our lives that it’s almost impossible to imagine life without it. The first delivery didn’t happen for more than a thousand years. Like Rome, however, delivery wasn’t created in a day. Restaurants and food to-go have been around since Ancient Rome.

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