Food Delivery Service Wonder Is Opening 10 Philadelphia Locations | Eater Philly
"Scheduled to open in April at 600 West Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia (outside Philadelphia proper), this location continues the operator’s rapid regional expansion and is one of roughly 10 planned Philly-area openings. The concept, founded by Marc Lore — the billionaire entrepreneur known for creating e-commerce sites like Diapers.com and Jet.com — uses a food-hall/ghost-kitchen approach that partners with notable chefs and restaurants who create exclusive vendor concepts and recipes optimized for speed, replicability, and quality; platform collaborators have included Bankside by JJ Johnson; Jota by José Andrés (José Andrés is on the company’s board); Streetbird by Marcus Samuelsson; Bobby Flay Steaks; Yasas by Michael Symon; Chios Taverna; Walnut Lane by Jonathan Waxman; Di Fara; and others, though the Philly-specific lineup will be announced later. Customers can order via the operator’s app or Grubhub (acquired November 2024) for dine-in, takeout, or delivery, and fulfillment mixes in-house teams, third-party couriers, and bike couriers through Relay (acquired November 2024). The rollout includes a partnership with Philabundance to accept donations at checkout, is backed by large funding rounds (including $700 million in March 2024), follows the company’s first location opened in New York’s Upper West Side in 2023, and has produced uneven critical responses in other markets (Robert Sietsema described quality as a mixed bag in 2024)." - Nadia Chaudhury
