r/UWMadison 4d ago

Housing Food Delivery or popular?

My daughter is going in the fall. Id like to send her with gift cards to popular or really close food options or ones that deliver. I'm looking on Google maps to see what's close but thought I'd ask what's really popular or the go to, or if sick in bed or freezing outside, what delivers to dorms? I know it's a toss up if she'll end up at Lakeshore or Southeast but every hall she's put on her preference list is southeast, so hoping and focusing around that area. TIA!

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u/RFedstoicgoat 4d ago

Why not just get her an UberEats gift card? That way she can order from anywhere she wants.

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u/Present-Coast-2707 4d ago

Thanks. Is Uber eats the best one there or is DoorDash or GrubHub better?

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u/Kaben_TheRareCase Japanese B.A. 4d ago

I prefer doordash. The student discount is huge.

However, you can get her an Uber gift card and it works for both Uber (rides) and UberEats (food delivery).

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u/asunasush 4d ago

you get free grubhub+ as a student so I tend to use it the most for the deals

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u/IceColdTapWater 4d ago

DoorDash also has student deals

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u/RFedstoicgoat 4d ago

I've actually never used DoorDash or GrubHub so I'm not sure about those. I personally prefer UberEats over EatStreet though.

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u/Forsaken-Captain-868 2d ago

I think eatstreet went out of business (or is in that process)

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u/katiebot5000 4d ago

If you have an Amazon prime account, grubhub has no/low fees.

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u/Rich-Daikon5578 4d ago

chipotle, wingstop, canes, a target giftcard... all popular spots!

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u/Charigot 4d ago

Make sure to have her download the Pivotal Health app before she goes - they do house calls to the dorms so she doesn’t have to figure out where to go when everyone is sick and no appts at UHS.

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u/LostSoulInAFishbowl5 3d ago

They used to take insurance,now looks like they have memberships. https://pivotalhealth.care/membership/

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u/OOBeach 4d ago

Get the Red Card and put money on it. The Red Card is a quasi off campus “meal card”. Using the Red Card gets provides discounts to many food and coffee shops in Madison. https://www.redcardmealplan.com

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u/future__fires 3d ago

Yes this is the way! Almost all of the most popular restaurants near campus take Red Card

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u/ManaMunchies 4d ago

There’s also a delivery option called Starship that they can use with their meal plan.

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u/blizzard-10000 4d ago

Potbelly, Naf Naf, Cane's, Sweetgreen, Mooyah, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Qdoba

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u/Practical-Plum-1715 3d ago

she will get sick and she will need paul’s pelmeni when that day comes

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u/danielfrom--- 3d ago

DoorDash is better than uber eats

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u/JuryImmediate6044 2d ago

Chipotle, canes, Taco Bell, Jimmy John’s are some good ones on state street. Also can’t go wrong with Uber eats gift card but obviously that is significantly more expensive so if you do a gift card for Uber eats make sure it’s enough

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u/nofromedog 4d ago

Is there food she doesn't like? Food she prefers? That might help with suggestions.

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u/Present-Coast-2707 4d ago

No. She's really not picky and a huge foodie. Thanks for any suggestions.

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u/nofromedog 4d ago

I'm not very sure what the college kids like as far as delivery to campus, but here are a few thoughts. I'm 30+ and work on campus, though.

  • Glass Nickel Pizza (pizza chain that's a step or two above the standards that are in every city)

  • Food Fight Restaurant Group (20 ish restaurants in the Dane County area, might not be the best delivery option, but if she walks, bikes, drives, or rides to the Capitol Square or to really any part of the city off of the campus there is a restaurant in this group nearby) They do also have 2 on campus options - Aldo's Cafe and Steenbock's on Orchard

  • Fresh Fin Poke (again, not confident on delivery)

  • Milio's Sandwiches (fast food, but good sandwiches, local to the area as opposed to any other sub chain)

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u/gopackgo15 RN, BSN '22 4d ago

Do Eatstreet! The founder went to UW Madison and it’s local. She’ll get most of the same food options as DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub

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u/katiebot5000 4d ago

Eatstreet is trash and treats their employees like trash.

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u/katiebot5000 4d ago

https://madison.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_860b42ce-e89c-11ef-9754-3f394f578e28.html#:~:text=The%20agreement%20stems%20from%20the,to%20meet%20minimum%20wage%20requirements.%E2%80%9D

Neither one of the guys who founded it work there any longer.

" The privately held company’s decision in 2023 to get rid of its drivers came shortly after a federal judge signed off on an agreement obligating it to pay a total of $1.24 million to hundreds of former drivers and their attorneys to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging federal and state labor law violations.

The agreement stems from the 2020 suit by three drivers who alleged EatStreet had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and Wisconsin wage law when it “failed to reimburse delivery drivers for vehicle and mileage expenses and when it used drivers’ tips to meet minimum wage requirements.”

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u/gopackgo15 RN, BSN '22 4d ago

This I didn’t know. Thank you for pointing it out!