NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The next time you order food on a delivery app, your meal might be coming from a “ghost kitchen.”
These nondescript buildings often house a dozen or more restaurants, but unless you have a phone, you can’t eat the food.
At the restaurant chain B. GOOD, you’ll find chicken, salads and wraps, but you won’t find seats or customers. All the dishes made there are for delivery only. It’s what’s known as a ghost kitchen.
“As real estate prices go up in downtown Chicago, there’s restaurants that are looking to have their footprint here in the city that just can’t afford to do your traditional brick-and-mortar,” said William Burns, general manager of B. GOOD’s Chicago ghost kitchen.
Ghost kitchens have become popular with the explosion of traffic on food delivery apps like Grubhub and Seamless. That’s why established restaurants are also getting in on the act.
“You have to try to see what trends are coming and try to get ahead of the game on that as much as possible,” said Michael Kudrna, owner of Frato’s Culinary Kitchen.
Ghost kitchens allow food providers to experiment with different cuisines, often preparing multiple kinds of food in the same kitchen under the same restaurant name. The model raises health and religious concerns for people with allergies or someone ordering kosher. […]
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