Ghost kitchens were supposed to revolutionize restaurants. They're crashing

Most of this article is paid promotional bullshit, but it shouldn't be a surprise that billions of dollars being thrown at a short term pandemic surge would be an unwise investment.

Ghost kitchens are still a great idea, just not one that will support nonsensical WeWork hype and money.

Ghost kitchens are a good idea if they actually make good food.

Every experience I've had so far was beyond poor.

Sorry about that. I submitted the lite page ( https://lite.cnn.com/2023/12/05/business/ghost-kitchens-were... ) but it must have been turned into the normal page automatically somehow?

I think it makes sense for existing restaurants with a large takeout business to operate from a separate kitchen. But it needs to be a similar menu and same quality. I’m not going to pick a random pizza place because it has an Italian sounding name. I will either order from a usual place or do a bit of research before ordering something special.

it isn’t like they tried their best.

having twelve breakfast sandwich places delivering from the same address might have spoiled the opportunity a bit, no?