DropSpot: Food Drops

Soup dumplings, live crabs, fresh lychee: order from the city's best shops and pick up near home. A driver you know makes the run each week.

The food you grew up with is an hour away in the city. DropSpot brings it to your town.

A driver in your community makes a weekly run to the restaurants, markets and bakeries you miss. You order from your phone before orders close, then pick up at a stop near home, like the library lot or the train station.

ORDER FROM THE CITY • Browse this week's stores: dumpling houses, Asian markets, seafood shops, bakeries • See every item's price up front, with pack sizes and notes like "frozen the morning of pickup" • Fresh produce and seafood sold by weight show an estimate, settled at pickup • Leave a note for your driver on any item

PICK UP NEAR HOME • Choose the stop and time window that suit you, and see every stop on a map • A countdown shows exactly when orders close, and you can edit your order until then • On pickup day, show your pickup pass and its QR code, and you're done • Add pickup to your calendar and get directions to the stop

PAY YOUR DRIVER YOUR WAY • See what you owe and how your driver takes payment: Venmo, Zelle, WeChat Pay or cash • Venmo opens with the amount already filled in • Tap "I've paid" and your driver confirms when it arrives • Nothing is charged in the app

STAY IN THE LOOP • Get notified when a new drop opens, before orders close and when your driver reaches your stop • Chat with your group, or message your driver directly • See every past order and reorder in one tap

INVITE ONLY DropSpot groups are run by drivers who know their members. You join with an invite link from your driver or a neighbor, and you can belong to more than one group.

Running drops yourself? Get DropSpot: Drivers.