Meals On Wheels of San Francisco

Just received my first MOW food delivery this morning. My expectations were low: tuna, chicken, turkey or egg salad sandwich. apple and milk. Amazing! 7 surprisingly high-​quality well-​prepared meals that should satisfy any foodie. Turkey Meatball Bruschetta, Pork Adobo, Lemon Caper Chicken, Blanquette de Veau, seven individual meals in all. Excellent flavor. Easy prep. Chose fresh, frozen or cooked delivery.
Thank you Meals on Wheels!

The local chapter of Meals on Wheels — San Francisco provides meals to 3000+ home bound seniors in San Francisco.
This is a phenomenal achievement in and of itself.
The fact that this non-​profit raises funds to feed and care for senior citizens who would otherwise go hungry and/​or be alone is such a worthy cause.
Many of us treasure the time we have with our families. What if you are far away from your family? You can volunteer for MOW-​SF by helping at their facility to bag groceries (do it as a group activity with your friends and the time will zip by), deliver meals to individuals in your neighborhood (or with co-​workers — it’ll be a snap), or other activities.
Even really, really fun activities such as the Star Chefs & Vintners Gala — which happens to be this coming weekend on Sunday. As a special event volunteer, you can help where there is a need for hands. You can volunteer in the Silent Auction area; you can volunteer for a Live Auction activity. If you want exercise, loading the chefs in/​out is a great workout! They treat volunteers super duper well.
Better still is the feeling you get knowing that the time you put in is helping people. Your neighbors and my neighbors. Each of these individuals have an amazing story to tell about their lives and experiences. Get to know them and you’ll be so impressed.
Join me in helping MOW-​SF. This is better than a triple scoop of ice cream or the sweetest dessert you can imagine. Promise.

This review is strictly about their drivers. Stop driving so crazy and tailgating other drivers. I know you may be in a rush to deliver meals but you need to realize the safety of yourself and other drivers on the road…

I have been a customer for many years and have become increasingly concerned about the quality and quantity of the meals. From my standpoint the best description of their food is… VERY POOR.
Their chicken meals appear to be poultry rejects that have run a marathon prior to slaughter… they are the skinniest most emaciated, meatless chickens I have ever seen. Their pork dinner meals are tougher than shoe leather riddled with fat and gristle… if you cut off the edible meat or chicken they weigh less than 4 ounces with little or no recognizable taste or flavor. Thankfully I still have all of my teeth for all of the chewing that is required.
Recently I saw the CEO of MOWs interviewed on Channel 5 (SF) and you would have thought that the meals are tasteful and plentiful based upon his comments. He actually said they deliver 2 meals a day while in actuality the so-​called second meal is not a meal at all but can consist of 2 hard boiled eggs, a bag of carrot slivers and a few bites of celery, a slab of processed turkey and two mutilated pieces of bread. The fruit they send is an outright embarrassment… the oranges and apples are about the size of golf balls. Any grocery store would reject these as unacceptable… oh, they usually provide a high fructose fruit drink of some kind. And you ought to see the so-​called vegetables they send… they appear to be rejects based upon their paltry size, color and flavor.
I wonder if they will be dining on one of these meals at their Star Chefs Dinner Gala on April 21. I wonder if their CEO has ever eaten one of the two meals he touted on TV. I wonder what they would do if I showed up at their fund raising dinner and handed out photos of the many unappetizing meals they deliver. I wonder.

I love meal on wheels. The elderly people we dropped food off to were so friendly and welcoming. Some of the staff was a little rude but thats okay. As long as I get to help.

This organization is really awesome.
Imagine never being able to leave your house and being reliant on someone to bring your meal (or groceries if you can still cook).
Amazing people run this show. And it’s far more than just meal delivery.
It’s worth your time if you have it to donate …
and not just one day a year when the out pour, while generous, is much more needed the other days when people still have to eat.
Food for thought.

Meals on Wheels is a great organization to volunteer for. They are organized, good training, communicate and do great work!

A great organization for senior citizens where they get their healthy meals daily especially for inbound seniors where it is difficult for them to help themselves. The staff are so responsive and they truly care about the well being of the seniors.

Sammy and I have been through a lot in our 15 years of friendship.
First kisses, hyper-​color, leggings with oversized bedazzled shirts, drivers ed, Elizabeth Arden’s Sunflowers, hippie/​grunge fashion, boyfriends, ecstasy, bad sex, good sex, frat parties and of course 100 hours of necessary-​to-​graduate-​high-​school community service.
Now, go back in time and imagine me and Sammy as high school grungers in baggy jeans and flannels with bad dye jobs and bangs, wearing a shitload of silver or purple eyeliner, liberally doused in Body Time’s China Rain.
Imagine this hotness in a windowless kitchen somewhere near the gates of hell in San Rafael, knee deep in free rotten vegetables delivered from the local grocery stores wearing latex gloves and aprons, wielding kitchen knives in the middle of a heat wave.
That right there was the glorious summer of 97.
Sammy and I served our time making boxed lunches and dinners for AIDS patients that were delivered to their homes through Meals on Wheels. A selfless and generous act to most, this was something we were «forced» to do in order to graduate from high school.
We spent our time making vinaigrettes for salad, sorting through the day old pastries, picking our way through the turning meat to find useable cuts, tossing out moldy veggies and fruit, overcooking stir-​frys and hiding in the freezer. It was HOT and we needed a break, goddamnit.
I actually took joy in our labor, though at the time I whined an awful lot. It always made me feel good to know that I was helping to nourish someone in need. Plus I was kinda chunky and I loved being around food. I might have even eaten a client’s granola bar or some of that overcooked stir-​fry when no one was looking…
I said MIGHT HAVE.
Don’t judge me.
The moral of this story is: Community service is awesome and we aren’t total bitches all the time.
If you feel like doing something good or want to sneak some free (sometimes rotten) food and you like to cook, Meals on Wheels is a great place with a great cause and free (sometimes rotten) food.

5+ stars go to Meals on Wheels for delivering 2 squares to the folks who can’t get up and at ‘em on a day-​to-​day basis.
5+ stars for their yearly fundraiser Gala! This years’ Fort Mason event this past Sunday was awesome. They raised a ton of money, AND it was a total Who’s Who of the restaurant industry and San Francisco community!
Thanks, Chenery Park and Eureka Restaurant and Lounge for letting me donate my time and popping open the Veuve! Your succulent Confit Quail was the belle of the ball during the appetizer portion of the program. (at least that was the word on the street, yo)
Thank you to the Cosmopolitan Café for the foie gras corn dogs (you are now a living legend to me)… to the lovely Chiarello’s (Michael and Eileen) for sharing their gorgeous Cabernet, Zin, and bad ass Petite Syrah! …to NOPA for the finger-​lickin’ good lamb ribs… also to Millennium for the beet-​topped poppadoms…
A big shout out to the very helpful volunteers who hooked us up with napkins and plates and a clean space to work in…
A special thanks to Zuppa for the cute and yummy brisket sandwiches that looked like Whimpy burgers … and for hosting the 2^nd annual post party where everyone decompressed, drank way too much, and left in a cab with cute a Rubicon cook.
Oh wait. *cough*
That was just me.
Anyways, well done Meals on Wheels! You guys really know how to throw a party and bring home the goods for a good cause!