{"id":48481,"date":"2021-02-20T00:18:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T07:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-restaurants-partner-up-to-offer-cheap-delivery\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:43:23","slug":"cortez-restaurants-partner-up-to-offer-cheap-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-restaurants-partner-up-to-offer-cheap-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez restaurants partner up to offer cheap delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9b9b7e4f-477c-4b2f-8259-2837015d6c9f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"The Loungin\u2019 Lizard is one of the 11 businesses participating in Cortez Eatz.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Loungin\u2019 Lizard is one of the 11 businesses participating in Cortez Eatz.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Multiple local restaurants have partnered together to provide cheap delivery to Cortez residents amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez Eatz, which began in December, offers $5 delivery from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Orders can be delivered if customers reside between U.S. Highway 491 and Colorado Highway 145, from Road G to Road L. Restaurants taking part include Cold Stone Creamery, Stonefish Sushi, Gustavo\u2019s Mexican Restaurant, Mona Makes, Blondie\u2019s Trophy Room, Lotsa Pasta, The Wigglin\u2019 Pig, J.Fargo\u2019s, Mi Mexico, Loungin\u2019 Lizard and La Casita.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Yarbrough, owner of Cold Stone Creamery in Cortez, started the informal service after conversations with other local restaurateurs about the lack of delivery services in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He volunteered to answer the phones, and some of his younger employees would deliver the food.<\/p>\n<p>Yarbrough, who owns another Cold Stone in Farmington, noted that GrubHub would charge them a 25% fee, forcing the business to offset that by raising their prices proportionately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to do that here so we just keep it simple with the $5 delivery fee,\u201d Yarbrough said.<\/p>\n<p>The $5 fees goes to the driver, along with any tips.<\/p>\n<p>Yarbrough mentioned that while it\u2019s not something he intends to do forever, it has been a worthwhile endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a really a business per se,\u201d Yarbrough said. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s helped. It\u2019s definitely been worth our time to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/cortezeatz.wixsite.com\/mysite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cortezeatz.wixsite.com\/mysite<\/a> for more information, or visit the Cortez Eatz Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:anicotera@the-journal.com\">anicotera@the-journal.com<\/a>    <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>offers $5 delivery from local eateries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-48481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87394,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48481\/revisions\/87394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48481"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=48481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}