Outsource Your Life

The Dallasite's master list of food and booze (and more) delivery apps

Ordering a favorite wine right from your couch or greeting a courier holding your dry cleaning in one hand and dinner in the other sounds like heaven to us. Now Dallas has more options than ever for at-home delivery of groceries, spirits and more, right from an app on your smartphone.

Caviar
Caviar specializes in delivering upscale meals on-demand from nearly 30 Dallas restaurants, from Bob’s Steak & Chop House to HG Sply Co. to Mesa. Any number of appetizers, entrees and desserts can be ordered via Caviar’s website or free mobile app for Android and iOS. Detailed photographs of each item, complete with delivery estimates, help the indecisive diner choose his or her next meal. You can track the status of your order, and there is a flat delivery fee of $4.99.

Drizly
Whether planning a party or just stocking up, Drizly is the perfect solution for legal-age drinkers who want to shop quickly for the best liquors, beer and wine right from their smartphone. Drizly has partnered with Dallas favorite Goody Goody Liquor to deliver — for a flat fee of only $5 — to the neighborhoods of downtown, West End, Deep Ellum, Oak Lawn, Uptown, Knox/Henderson, Highland Park, University Park, Lower Greenville, Lakewood, Preston Hollow and Lake Highlands. Just download the free app for iPhone or Android, or log on to Drizly.com to get started. Schedule deliveries when it’s convenient for you, and earn rewards for referrals.

Favor
Established in Austin in 2013, Favor has spread quickly across the U.S. and is now available in Dallas. Dry cleaning, prescriptions, menu items from area restaurants, groceries and more can be delivered right to your home through Favor’s secure and cashless payment system. Runners wearing tuxedo T-shirts deliver items in less than an hour from 9 am to midnight, Sunday through Wednesday, and 9 am to 3 am, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for an additional $6 fee plus 5 percent of the cost of the items and tips to the runner. The Favor app is available for both iPhone and Android.

Lash
Inspired by the British idea of fun times and partying with close friends, Lash is ready to deliver a complete bar experience Monday through Saturday. Legal-age drinkers in Dallas, Plano, Allen, Fairview, South Frisco and South McKinney can order up to seven days in advance. Choose from a selection of more than 3,000 liquors, beers, wines, mixers and party essentials to arrive via Lash’s zippy, merlot-colored vans. Download the app for either Android or iOS and select your preferred delivery date. Delivery is free for orders over $35, and only $5 for orders less than that amount.

Minibar
Minibar features some of the most diverse spirits available for delivery in the Dallas area, from sake and sparkling wine to sweet vermouth and vodka to imported beer. Connect with a variety of alcohol vendors in Dallas-Fort Worth through Minibar’s app, available for both Android and iPhone. Stock your home bar, prep for your next event or send a gift to a friend. Depending on the vendor, a minimum order may be required, but first-time users receive $5 off their orders.

Plāt
Pronounced “plate,” Plāt offers shoppers a curated list of grocery items available for delivery in under an hour — or scheduled delivery, if that's more convenient — via its free iPhone app. Natural and organic produce, seafood, pantry items, meat, beer and wine, desserts, and products from local companies like Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters and Empire Baking Company can be delivered right to your home. Delivery is free (with a minimum order of $35), and prices are comparable to those of local grocery stores; you can even save lists of items you often order. Delivery areas currently include Dallas, Irving, Los Colinas, Richardson and, Addison with plans to expand throughout North Texas shortly.

Postmates
Got a hankering for SmashBurger or Zoës Kitchen? With Postmates, you can get it without leaving home. From menu items at local restaurants to practical items available through the Postmates General Store — hey, you never know when you may need a package of ballpoint pens — Postmates specializes in on-demand deliveries across the U.S. Download the free app for iPhone or Android to start placing orders for delivery at residential or commercial addresses. Delivery fees start at $5 and scale depending on mileage.

Shipt
Starting in August 2015, green-shirted Shipt shoppers will be zipping through neighborhoods in Dallas, Garland, Plano and Carrollton to deliver a full range of more than 40,000 grocery items from local stores to anyone with the Shipt app. Select your items, enter information about preferences or substitutions, and enjoy the delivery of an unlimited quantity of items for an annual membership of $99, or a monthly fee of $15. You can schedule deliveries for specific one-hour windows and have open communication with shoppers as they fulfill your order.

Same-day groceries arrive right at your door from Shipt.

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Same-day groceries arrive right at your door from Shipt.

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Jobs report

Texas ranks among 10 best states to find a job, says new report

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You have a better chance of landing a job in Texas than in most other states.

If you’re hunting for a job in Texas amid a tough employment market, you stand a better chance of landing it here than you might in other states.

A new ranking by personal finance website WalletHub of the best states for jobs puts Texas at No. 7. The Lone Star State lands at No. 2 in the economic environment category and No. 18 in the job market category.

Massachusetts tops the list, and West Virginia appears at the bottom.

To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of economic health and job market strength. Ranking factors included employment growth, median annual income, and average commute time.

“Living in one of the best states for jobs can provide stable conditions for the long term, helping you ride out the fluctuations that the economy will experience in the future,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says.

In September, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas led the U.S. in job creation with the addition of 195,600 jobs over the past 12 months.

While Abbott proclaimed Texas is “America’s jobs leader,” the state’s level of job creation has recently slowed. In June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted that the state’s year-to-date job growth rate had dipped to 1.8 percent, and that even slower job growth was expected in the second half of this year.

The August unemployment rate in Texas stood at 4.1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Throughout 2025, the monthly rate in Texas has been either four percent or 4.1 percent.

By comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2025, the monthly rate for the U.S. has ranged from 4 percent to 4.3 percent.

Here’s a rundown of the August unemployment rates in Texas’ four biggest metro areas:

Austin — 3.9 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth — 4.4 percent
San Antonio — 4.4 percent
Houston — 5 percent

Unemployment rates have remained steady this year despite layoffs and hiring freezes driven by economic uncertainty. However, the number of U.S. workers who’ve been without a job for at least 27 weeks has risen by 385,000 this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August. That month, long-term unemployed workers accounted for about one-fourth of all unemployed workers.

An August survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a record-low 44.9 percent of Americans were confident about finding a job if they lost their current one.

This story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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