DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub all go down causing takeout panic across the US

The popular food delivery apps Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash were all reportedly down for a period of time on Tuesday afternoon, frustrating workers and customers alike.

Service on the companies’ websites appeared to be restored after a brief outage, but some customers may have been charged for orders that did not go through.

Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash all do plenty of business daily: the average American reportedly spends in excess of $37 on food delivery each week.

That might explain why a number of people appeared to notice when the apps were inaccessible.

“Door dash, y’all gone pay us some money since y’all app went down in the middle of us getting orders?” one X user, Jeff, wrote.

Another user appeared in dire need of some delivery.

“Ayo, DoorDash going down is the scariest thing today,” another X user wrote. “I’m glad I wasn’t waiting on food because I’m not dealing with disappointment well on an empty stomach.”

It is at this point unclear why the companies suffered outages on Tuesday — whether they all were offline at the same time or for how long. It’s also unclear whether the issue they faced affected both their phone applications and their websites, or just phone apps.

In any case, service appeared to be restored as Tuesday afternoon ticked onward. Each delivery app has faced its share of criticism in recent years for its treatment of workers, who paid relatively low wages for demanding work and often rely on tips from customers in order to survive financially.

This story will be updated.