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 Ghost Kitchen Megathread What is a ghost kitchen? Wikipedia defines a ghost kitchen as a professional food preparation and cooking facility set up for the preparation of delivery-only meals. Eater ran a large story on them and essentially, if you do any sort of delivery-ordering, you might see them pop up, usually inside restaurants that already have a kitchen, but are borrowing space. And most of the time, it's chicken wings, burgers, burritos or breakfast. And in this thread, we get to talk about so many of them, because they will keep popping up as long as we are still stuck at home with nothing better to do, assuming "oh a new restaurant popped up" with the same stuff as the restaurant you have now, just made different. Here are some popular ones, that you might have remembered. Pasqualle's Pizza for instance, sells the one thing you love most about Chuck E. Cheese - it's barely tolerable pizza. Tyga Bites is owned by Tyga, which you know coming from one of the most influential rappers, means we are sure to get some Haute Cuisine (please laugh, please? c'mon...) And that means one thing - chicken nuggies with seasoning on it! Mr Beast Burger just opened up, and unfortunately you're not going to get an ipad or a bag of money with any purchase, just a pretty good smashburger, but make sure you pick it up yourself, as if you order it delivery, you're gonna get a soggy bun, and we know that's bad news. And then all sorts of silly names such as "WTF is a Quesarito?!" and "Beverly Hills Burger Bungalow" and "Wing Squad" and "The Chicken Fairy" or one of my favorites Jolenes Wings and Beer which is just Lazy Dog, but with wings and beer and the umami fries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WIdpZNS8QE
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i thought a ghost kitchen was an unlicensed food business run out of someone's home using the gig delivery services, like those copycat pizza delivery scams. is there a different term for those?
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Jan 10, 2021 15:07
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i have never had anything good from any ghost kitchen place, which is a shame, because they are often foods that sound good
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Jan 10, 2021 23:59
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I don't want all my food covered in ectoplasm.
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Jan 11, 2021 15:01
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Universe Master posted:I don't want all my food covered in ectoplasm. A bunch of Arabic places merged into one location what I live. Not sure if they have the original chefs or just got bought out and deliver under different names.
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Jan 12, 2021 21:16
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I work at a ghost kitchen making wings, steaks, ribs, korean bbq, fajitas, burgers, and potatoes stuffed with anything you want from the above. I don't even know who I work for but we work out of a dead Chinese buffet. It is not good food and I'm pretty sure they get the chicken fajita meat from the government.
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Jan 13, 2021 13:33
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One that I ordered from ended up being a nearby Mexican fast food place that I like but they hosed up my order big time. The other time it ended up being Claim Jumper under another brand.
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Jan 22, 2021 05:29
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fizzymercy posted:I work at a ghost kitchen making wings, steaks, ribs, korean bbq, fajitas, burgers, and potatoes stuffed with anything you want from the above. I don't even know who I work for but we work out of a dead Chinese buffet. It is not good food and I'm pretty sure they get the chicken fajita meat from the government. Please tell me more. Were you working at the Chinese restaurant and then got transitioned to the ghost menus, or how was the job described to you? Do people know how to cook everything and how are they trained? What menu items are actually good?
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Jan 23, 2021 06:23
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fizzymercy posted:I work at a ghost kitchen making wings, steaks, ribs, korean bbq, fajitas, burgers, and potatoes stuffed with anything you want from the above. I don't even know who I work for but we work out of a dead Chinese buffet. It is not good food and I'm pretty sure they get the chicken fajita meat from the government. they all supposedly suck, idgi lol
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Jan 25, 2021 04:09
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Bad News Everybody, Guy Fieri is in the Ghost Kitchen Game with his "Flavortown Kitchen" that is sure to be a slamma jamma flip flop hamburger flavor saver dunkalicious super sloppy double dare bare bears donkey sauced minute to win it, get it.
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Jan 29, 2021 09:54
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Guy Fieri's restaurants are pretty okay to loving great. A ghost kitchen version of that is going to be Chili's quality poo poo. That's not awful. Also my ghost kitchen closed down because all our paychecks bounced and I won't be getting paid for two weeks of work. The owners haven't been seen in a week and none of the vendors were ever paid. I gotta stop taking jobs I hear about at the liquor store.
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Jan 29, 2021 13:57
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I am so down to clown with the Guy Fieri stufffizzymercy posted:Guy Fieri's restaurants are pretty okay to loving great. A ghost kitchen version of that is going to be Chili's quality poo poo. That's not awful. Did you consider the owners might have been actual ghosts, to just up and vanish like that? 
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Jan 30, 2021 22:27
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A wow bao appeared on door dash and the address it appears to come from is a walmart???
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Feb 15, 2021 14:22
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:A wow bao appeared on door dash and the address it appears to come from is a walmart??? LMAO the Wow Bao I know of has an empty office building for their address. WTF is that company.
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Feb 15, 2021 14:31
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fizzymercy posted:LMAO the Wow Bao I know of has an empty office building for their address. WTF is that company. pl]ump j[uicy |BAOS| made by ṕ̸̡͙̭̲̬̻̲̣̟̣̗̺̮͈̎͐̀̓̓̈́́̚ͅl̴͔̾͛̋ṳ̸͉̐m̸̬̺̲̲̲̩͈͋̈́͆͛̏͝p̵̭̀̌͊̄̍̓́͋̉͒̀͆̔͘ ̴̩̳̫̼͍̭̑̏̔̎̚̚͝ͅͅj̷̢̭͇͕͚͔̦̭̍̀̿̚ͅͅü̶̥̭͖̰̜̜͕̰̩̍̒͐̍i̶̧̛̙̖̪͚̣̬̺͙̬̬̇̓͗̔̍̿̐̓̔̎̒͜͠ͅc̶̨̜̱̉̐̚y̷̗̭͉̯̜̳̺͇̜̹̦̖̔̾͒̊̃̋̎͂̉̕̕͝ͅ ̶̮̪̺̪͔͉̪̈͑̈́͠ͅḥ̸̯͔͍͍̰̺̟̦͈̲̙͆́͂̽̾̊͛̃͐̏̕ͅą̷̧̙̞̼̘͕̩̒ͅͅn̵̈̍̏̈́̀̑̊͗̓̕͜͝d̵̢͙̩̣̮̲̭͈̗̠͇̩̥͛̓̚s̸̗̺̝̯͋͘ we're in your neighborhood, i'm ready to deliver I just need the COD, we need a card or routing number; i'm goin' up and down the street, i'm ready to deliver but it seems you're not ready on your end we tried to drop the parcel off ț̵̜͙̲̘͓̊́̀͗̄͆͒̐̄͊̽̔͘͝w̷̧͙̙̮̲̩̤̭͓͂̽͐̆͛̒̅͑̍͌͜i̷̢̢͔̙̭͇̞̲͎̲̞̜̭͌͛̕͝ͅc̷̛̜͍̭̞̐̆̈́̌͑̋̇͜e̵̡̨͚̥̹̱̮̞̙̲̗̣̰̅̌̿̀͛̀́͒ but there was a commotion in your abode there was way too much noise, we tried to deliver but nobody answered on acccount of all your hootin' and hollerin' i'm the regional manager, this is the third time trying to deliver to you, you're account has been flagged as problematic our driver is bangladeshi, I understand that you took issue with this, we can send an interpreter but we need your confirmation look here bud, i've been in the grubhub business for 4 months I know how to read a shipping label it's addressed to YOU - our phone number is 1-888-GRUB-HUB There is a surcharge of 112.47 on account of your denial of delivery You wanna square this off right now, with a check or a card number, I- How's bout I come down there and rotate ya teeth a bit? I'll be there in 15 minutes, and I'm a trained juggler, you don't want to mess around. I'll put ya up in the air, bud. Lickety split.
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Feb 28, 2021 07:20
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It took me about half way through to realize the above was Longmont Potion Castle and I had to go back and read it again, lol.
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Feb 28, 2021 23:37
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White Castle is doing ghost kitchen poo poo in Florida. Please do it here in Helliforinia so I can have "real" White Castle for once and not the frozen ones. I want to taste regret.
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Mar 1, 2021 03:30
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Fartington Butts posted:White Castle is doing ghost kitchen poo poo in Florida. Please do it here in Helliforinia so I can have "real" White Castle for once and not the frozen ones. I want to taste regret. I don't know when they actually opened in Scottsdale since it was something they were threatening to do for like 3 years without it happening but there's one open there, I guess I'll have to go try it now. In addition, they also are operating out of a thing that apparently is just a giant ghost kitchen for a bunch of other brands; https://www.kitchenunited.com
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Mar 1, 2021 04:54
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Rick posted:I don't know when they actually opened in Scottsdale since it was something they were threatening to do for like 3 years without it happening but there's one open there, I guess I'll have to go try it now. drat I'm near that San Jose place, but all just stuff that's already in the mall.
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Mar 1, 2021 21:22
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I've gotten Beverly Hills Burger Bungalow more times than I'd care to admit, it's pretty good but recently they've been sending me burgs that aren't quite done cooking yet  Only worth it when it's buy one get one, which it frequently is quick edit : Also you literally never know what kind of cheese you're gonna get on your burger or fries. It's never the same twice in a row and at this point it's just a fun game for me
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Mar 25, 2021 23:45
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PinheadSlim posted:I've gotten Beverly Hills Burger Bungalow more times than I'd care to admit, it's pretty good but recently they've been sending me burgs that aren't quite done cooking yet Isn't this just how burgs are done in America, anything less than well done is somehow acceptable- as if the 19 cow mixture of approved-for-human-consumption chuck has the same nuance as a filet or strip and can be enjoyed rare However, thanks to meat glue, even a steak isn't a safe bet rare anymore 
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Mar 26, 2021 00:39
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The first bunch of times I got it they were perfect but yeah people sometimes have weird opinions about ground beef For the record tho they were definitely raw in the middle
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Mar 26, 2021 00:50
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Isn't this just how burgs are done in America, anything less than well done is somehow acceptable- as if the 19 cow mixture of approved-for-human-consumption chuck has the same nuance as a filet or strip and can be enjoyed rare  you can totally have rare to medium rare beef here as long as it isnt from like a fast food restaurantwith pork you're taking your life into your own hands tho WEH fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Mar 26, 2021 |
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Mar 26, 2021 00:51
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WEH posted:
We have the burger chain Super Duper here where they cook all their patties medium. They grind their own meat though. Its (usually) pretty good, nice and juicy
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Mar 26, 2021 01:44
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Pork is actually pretty loving safe to eat on the medium side. I'm not going to do all your research and poo poo, suffice it to say most of the crap that was causing illness due to undercooked pork has been eliminated. I'm not saying eat pork sashimi. But if you buy chops at the store and prepare them to medium you're 99.5% fine or better. Unless you're eating fast food burgers should never be cooked above medium well Almost rare is just fine.
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I would have agreed prior to the FDA relaxing a bunch of regulations in pork production a couple years ago. Butcher you trust, sure, but I don't gently caress with unprocessed supermarket pork anymore.
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Mar 27, 2021 18:04
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