‘Ghost kitchens’ spring up in SF, and delivery-app customers are none the wiser

> This is the future of food — or at least one fast, cheap and dystopian future

When did everything new originating from tech (or tech adjacent) companies become “dystopian”?

I think there’s a lot of room for innovation between full service restaurants and home cooked meals, and this is one of them. I think it makes a lot of sense that some restauranteurs want to specialize in the food prep side of things and not have to deal with the hospitality side at all.

I’d really like to see drive-thru only restaurant explored more. Let me order my dinner on an app (maybe even a few days in advance if that will help) and then I come pick it up on my way home from work without having to wait for it to be prepared.

Or how about restaurants the assemble food kits that are cheaper and easy to go pick up?

I’ve never thought the delivery aspect of companies like GrubHub or DoorDash were its strength—I think people just don’t want to go to the grocery store, cook (especially for 1) and clean up. But cost has always limited the growth of those companies, so giving people cheaper options to eat, even without delivery, could be a big deal.