Can someone explain a Dark Kitchen…like I’m 5?

I've heard of ghost kitchens for services like Door Dash.

For example, Chuckee Cheese was selling pizza under Pasquales for delivery service.

Or, a Mexican restaurant may start selling burgers under another name online. The burgers aren't on the restaurant menu, but I guess it's a way for the restaruant to make a little extra money while not changing the restaurant.

Maybe there's regulations with franchise owners who cannot change the menu but the local owner can make another product and sell it online under a different name. Not really sure the exact appeal other than that.

Dude, they already explain it to you like you're five on their website

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Requirements for a
Dark Kitchen

An active licensed commercial or restaurant kitchen

Existing kitchen equipment or capacity to add a few pieces of electrical equipment. No hood is required

Broadliner delivery service or comparable vendor services

Experience with third-party delivery platforms is preferred

An owner, officer, or director of your business must have at least 2 years of experience in the restaurant/food service business

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WOW BAO NOW

At Wow Bao, we partner with local restaurants to simply steam our menu items and have them available for pickup or delivery via 3rd party services (i.e. DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats.) We ship our signature Bao, pan-seared potstickers, delectable dumplings, and flavorful rice bowls to be freshly prepared by your trained restaurant team.

Wow Bao offers in-house marketing, supply chain coordination, and 3rd party vendor support to get your business up and running in as little as 5 weeks with potential to earn six figures in additional revenue.

Our food. Your restaurant. Your team. Your Sales.

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Guess I didn’t click enough. Tried to order and it says I’m out of the delivery area. Sounds like frozen food anyway. Wonder if they’d deliver to a parking lot. Got me all ready for some soup dumplings…but no place on the coast has them.

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In my experience with delivery services, they’ll deliver anywhere that’s reasonable. As long as it’s not somewhere super sketchy or super busy (therefore making it hard to find you), you should be fine.