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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The restaurant business has never been more complicated than now. One new trend you may have heard of is ‘ghost kitchens.’ CBS4’s Lisa Petrillo explains how their presence is helping shape fast-casual food delivery in South Florida. RELATED: Florida Man Wanted For Proposing To One Girlfriend With Rings Stolen From Another, Met Both On Dating App When you order your favorite food using an app, you care how fast it gets there and how good it tastes. These are two factors at the heart of Reef Kitchens – from Miami-based Reef technology. The concept takes underutilized urban spaces like parking lots and places mobile kitchens, also called “ghost kitchens” in neighborhoods. Then they partner with local restaurants to prepare their exact foods. “We license the brand so we have all of the recipes, all of the procedures everything like that and they work with us on that. They train us and coach us and our employees in the kitchen vessels cooking. So when you go … [Read more...] about ‘Ghost Kitchens’ Popping Up Across South Florida To Get Your Food Fast

PASADENA (CBSLA) — The Pasadena California Pizza Kitchen has a new menu item that’s out of this world! The “red planet pizza” is a Mars-inspired 7-inch pie topped with spicy marinara sauce, goat cheese, pepperoni, and Fresno chilis. READ MORE: Educators Receive COVID-19 Vaccines At Duarte Clinic As LA County Ramps Up Administration Efforts The pizza “celebrates scientific discovery and the team at Jet Propulsion Laboratories in California which assisted with the landing of NASA’s Perseverance Rover,” the company said in a statement on Saturday. READ MORE: LAPD Breaks Up Large Party In South LA The fiery creation costs $5 and is only available at the Pasadena Mobile CPK Kitchen on March 8 and March 10 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. “We are proud to celebrate the hardworking employees at JPL and honor their victories with this pizza,” Brian Sullivan, Executive Head Chef and SVP of Culinary Innovation at CPK, said in a statement. MORE NEWS: 'It's Just Not Working': Women … [Read more...] about Pasadena California Pizza Kitchen Debuts Limited Edition Mars-Inspired ‘Red Planet’ Pie

RED BANK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey mom whose husband died several years ago found herself relying on a soup kitchen to help feed her children at the time. Now back on her feet, Nicole Rogg is now paying it forward as a volunteer at the same non-profit in Red Bank. She says she remembers being the one in line at Lunch Break after her husband, Robert, died of kidney failure at 38-years-old. RELATED: New York City Restaurant Owners Demand Greater Capacity, Later Curfew On Eve Of Indoor Dining Reboot “Things got really tough, bills fell behind and it got difficult to make ends meet,” Nicole said. Her children were just four and seven when she had to leave her job as a pharmacy technician to take care of them following Robert’s death five years ago. She turned to Lunch Break for help and learned the non-profit not only fed people, but also provided groceries, clothes, and even toys. “The kids really loved the fact that Christmas morning there were gifts under the tree … [Read more...] about PAY IT FORWARD: New Jersey Mom Volunteers At Same Soup Kitchen She Turned To After Death Of Husband

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — From a small kitchen near downtown Baltimore, workers prepare chicken sandwiches, chicken fingers and waffle fries for hungry customers of one of the city’s newest dining establishments. Fuku opened two weeks ago in the city, but diners won’t be able to stop by and grab a bite to eat in person with friends even when the COVID-19 pandemic ends. RELATED: Baltimore County Police Visit Local Nursing Homes To Give Valentine's Day Gifts That’s because, unlike most restaurants, Fuku doesn’t have a traditional brick-and-mortar presence. Instead, it’s one of a growing number of ghost kitchens to spring up in recent years. Ghost kitchens are not a new concept, but the COVID-19 pandemic has forced restaurant owners to think outside the box. “ The ghost kitchen model, the way we know it, the way we experienced it in 2020, that is kind of new,” said Hung-bin Ding, an associate professor of management at Loyola University Maryland. With dining rooms closed for … [Read more...] about ‘Society Is Very Ready For This’: ‘Ghost Kitchens’ With No Physical Footprint Grow In Popularity Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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. RELATED: Indoor Dining Resumes At New York City Restaurants, Gov. Cuomo Extends Curfew Statewide 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 … [Read more...] about ‘Ghost Kitchens’ Popping Up All Over New York City