DropSpot

Dumplings from Main Street. Picked up at the library lot.

A neighbor who already drives into the city takes orders, shops the stores you miss, and meets you near home.

I have a link Run drops
A driver hands a box from her car's trunk to a family in a parking lot at sunset.

One run, three stores, three stops

Your driver shops the city on Friday morning and meets families at stops around town that evening.

The city Your town Golden Mile Dumpling House 41-28 Main St Harbor Asian Market Ocean King Seafood 136-20 Roosevelt Ave Library lot 5:30 pm Community pool 6:00 pm St. Mark's parking lot 6:30 pm

Where your driver shops

  • Golden Mile Dumpling HouseRestaurant, soup dumplings
  • Harbor Asian MarketGrocery, fresh lychee
  • Ocean King SeafoodSeafood, live blue crabs

Where you pick up, this Friday

  • 1Library lotStop 15:30 pm
  • 2Community poolStop 26:00 pm
  • 3St. Mark's parking lotStop 36:30 pm

How a drop works

Orders close before the driver shops, so nothing is bought on a guess and nothing goes to waste.

  1. Your driver opens a drop

    They pick the stores, the stops and the time orders close, then send the drop to the group.

    Monday

  2. You order from your phone

    Browse what each store has, choose your stop, and pay your driver when you pick up.

    Until Wednesday, 11 pm

  3. They shop the city

    One run, one pick list grouped by store. Cold items ride in the cooler.

    Friday morning

  4. You pick up near home

    Show the QR code on your order at your stop. You get a notification when the driver arrives.

    Friday evening

What comes back

Soup dumplings in a bamboo steamer, sesame noodles and braised pork over rice.
Soup dumplings and noodlesFrom the dumpling houses on Main Street
Whole fish, shrimp, clams and a crab on ice.
Live crabs and whole fishPacked in the cooler at the fish counter
Bok choy, napa cabbage, daikon, scallions, eggs and mandarins.
Greens, daikon and fruitFrom the Asian market, bought that morning

For families

DropSpot groups are private. Open the link your driver sent on your phone, whether it's an invite or a link to a drop, and you're in, or as soon as your driver approves you.

  • Order from each store by the close time
  • Pick the stop closest to home
  • Get a notification when your driver arrives
  • Pay your driver at pickup, in cash or with Venmo, Zelle or WeChat Pay
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An open car trunk full of grocery bags in a library parking lot in autumn.

For the person who makes the run

If you already come back from the city with orders for half the neighborhood, DropSpot keeps it organized.

  • A catalog built from the stores you already shop
  • Weekly drops from a saved template
  • A pick list by store and a roster for every stop
  • What you kept, after stores and fees, for every drop
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