Dining delivery: Il Ritorno, St. Petersburg

With high fees and low quality control, David Benstock passes on meal delivery.


  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 6, 2019
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Mark Wemple. David Benstock is the co-owner and executive chef at Il Ritorno in downtown St. Petersburg.
Mark Wemple. David Benstock is the co-owner and executive chef at Il Ritorno in downtown St. Petersburg.
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David Benstock, a co-owner of Il Ritorno, a modern Italian restaurant in downtown St. Petersburg, has a simple message for mobile app-based delivery platforms including Uber Eats, BiteSquad and DoorDash: You’re not welcome here.

The services take a huge cut out of every order — as much as 30%, the Benstocks say. But that’s not all. “You’re putting your service in someone else’s hands,” says David Benstock, who, along with his wife, Erica, founded Il Ritorno in 2013.

 

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