"ordering food online" news and stories

Has anyone tried ordering food online yet? I'm talking about ordering food from someplace local, like a pizza place or a restaurant or take-out Chinese. I haven't done it yet (all the food I want to eat is either already in my house or I'll just call and go get it), but several Boston college students do it a lot.

As an experiment for The Boston Globe (the students got a free meal out of it), they all ordered food online at 8pm and waited to see who would deliver the food first. Here are the results. Is the online process tedious or easy? Did the food get there in the time advertised? Does it arrive hot? (Make sure you check out the links in the middle of the article for a rundown of the best services.)

Readers, do you order food online like this? What have your experiences been?