For economy, ecology, and fun, Food Chain meals are delivered by bicycle. All deliveries are free, we don't accept tips.

Deliveries occur between 9am and noon. If you need a smaller time-window, please contact us.

We deliver to homes and workplaces in the following neighborhoods:

Anza Vista Bernal Heights Castro Civic Center Duboce Triangle Fillmore Financial District

Haight Hayes Valley Inner Richmond Inner Sunset Laurel Heights Mission Noe Valley

Polk Gulch Potrero Hill SOMA Tenderloin USF Western Addition

We will deliver to the following neighborhoods for orders of 2 or more meals delivered at the same time:

the Presidio (The Thoreau Center)
North Beach
the Marina
Cow Hollow
Presidio Heights
Glen Park
BVHP
Vis Valley

If this doesn't cover your home or work, we can drop off a meal to pick up somewhere in our delivery area.

We have a special commitment to serving customers in hospitals, hospices, convalescent and nursing homes. Among others, we serve the following hospitals:

Davies
Kaiser (Geary)
Mt. Zion
San Francisco General
St. Luke's
UCSF Parnassus

Home Deliveries: Come home to a great dinner. We can drop off food for you anywhere it won't be stolen, and are happy to leave it in your refrigerator for you. We can provide personal references from customers who have given us keys or access codes.

Packaging: Food Chain meals are delivered in glass jars for one-time orders, and pin-tho for subscribers.

Returning the Pin-Tho: Please make arrangements to return your pin-tho at every delivery. Our bike trailer space is very limited and we may not have room for multiple pin-tho returned at the same time.

Spoilage: Our food contains no meat, dairy or eggs, and is prepared fresh the morning it is delivered. This means that spoilage is not a problem if we can leave it in a shady place at your home. We prefer, however, to leave your food in your refrigerator for you. Not only does this keep the food fresher, but it prevents theft. Many customers give us a key, or tell us where to find their spare. We are happy to provide personal references.

Hills: We will try any hill once. If it's too difficult to include in the future, we will contact you to make alternate delivery arrangements.

Appearance: We maintain a professional appearance and behavior while on deliveries.

Drop-offs: We are happy to leave food with other staff at your workplace if you ask us to when you order. Otherwise we will try to find you personally.

Missed Deliveries: When you order, we encourage you to leave alternate delivery instructions in case we are unable to deliver your meal to your specification. For instance if you are not home, the key isn't where you said it would be, or you called in sick to work that day, we will make a reasonable effort to follow your alternate instructions. However, if we cannot, you are still responsible for paying for that meal. Phone us if you miss a delivery; sometimes you can pick up a meal from us later in the day, although we can't guarantee that.