At a guess: probably because the US has a notoriously onerous patchwork of alcohol distribution laws, and you don't want to get your food delivery service shut down in a particular market because you made a misstep with your alcohol biz.
I would be shocked if the software doesn't already account for that in every local area where it's offered. Uber definitely has a history of just doing stuff and figuring out the law later, but at their current scale and with something like alcohol that has major room for horrible consequences, I would be shocked if it's not all coded up so the customer doesn't see it as an option if it's not for sure legal, and no human has to think about it.
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At a guess: probably because the US has a notoriously onerous patchwork of alcohol distribution laws, and you don't want to get your food delivery service shut down in a particular market because you made a misstep with your alcohol biz.
I would be shocked if the software doesn't already account for that in every local area where it's offered. Uber definitely has a history of just doing stuff and figuring out the law later, but at their current scale and with something like alcohol that has major room for horrible consequences, I would be shocked if it's not all coded up so the customer doesn't see it as an option if it's not for sure legal, and no human has to think about it.
They bought Drizly before UberEats did alcohol. Now it does.