ghost kitchen

noun

plural ghost kitchens

: a commercial cooking facility used for the preparation of food consumed off the premises

Ghost kitchens host food establishments, usually fast-casual, that make meals that can be purchased exclusively with a delivery app …—

Jonah Engel Bromwich

Ghost kitchens, which have no storefronts or dining rooms, are the hottest thing going during the pandemic. Some are all-new kitchens created to house multiple companies. Others … are new brands added to existing restaurants that seek additional business.—

Michael Klein

This is what [Eric] Greenspan did with his own ghost kitchen brands—multiple cuisine styles made from the same basic supplies, all from a single location.—

RoamingHunger.com

called also cloud kitchen, dark kitchen

Examples of ghost kitchen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Food For Subscribers Where to eat and drink near Dodger Stadium before or after a game April 19, 2024 Like most fast-food chains, the menu at every MLB ghost kitchen is identical, right down to sandwiches served on the same soft pretzel bun. —

Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024 Seemingly overnight, catering venues and restaurants alike turned into ghost kitchens, offering foods and meals for delivery only. —

Julie Creswell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024 Sun’s Kitchen, the Chinese street food spot that got its start as a ghost kitchen and attracted fans across Charlotte with brightly colored dumplings, is now open in a new South End space. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024 This felt much newer, there’s so much tech deception in the ghost kitchen space. —

Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024 While delivery services and ghost kitchens can certainly boost to-go sales, delivery fees mean significantly lower income per meal for the restaurant — DoorDash charges restaurants up to 30% commission per order. —

Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024 Empower Delivery was developed in 2022 in part by Chris Baggott and Dan McFadden, co-founders of Indianapolis ghost kitchen and delivery service ClusterTruck. —

The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024 Nicole’s Good Eats & Sweets — which once operated out of a South End ghost kitchen, but shut down a few years ago — is back. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024 Much like its one-time competitor Memorex, Imation is a technology ghost kitchen. —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024

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