Uber's New Food Delivery App Launches In Newton

NEWTON, MA — Ever get a hankerin for McDonald's or Los Amigos but wish it were delivered? Well, move over Grubhub, the folks who brought Uber to town are bringing a new food delivery service to the city.

UberEATS, a service that delivers food from restaurants, is coming to Newton this weekend, according to an email from the organization.

So far folks can order food from Los Amigos Taqueria, Moldova Restaurant and McDonald's via the mobile platform, which works on Apple and Android-based smartphones and tablets. Or they can order at the website, Ubereats.com.

It typically costs about $5 for a delivery order and about 30 minutes. In busy areas, there is an extra fee, according to the company’s website.

What's different from other food delivery services?

For one, most of the places right now offered for delivery are those you don't typically find on other websites and don't generally have their own delivery service. And you can schedule an order anytime up to an hour before the desired delivery window–and as far as a week out. You can track your food delivery. You can customize where you want the food to meet you, including specific instructions and requests to “meet your food at the curb,” or have your food “delivered to the door.” And the app can give you suggestions on food you might be interested in, according to the UberEATS website.