9 Ghost Kitchens in Rochester, MN You Didn’t Know About

Did you know that we actually have a few ghost kitchens operating in Rochester, MN? I knew of a couple of them, but as I dug around on DoorDash more, I found more!

It all started when I was craving a breakfast burrito a few days ago. I hopped on DoorDash to find a spot to possibly order from and found this place I hadn't heard of before.

After a quick Google search, I realized that the place was actually a ghost kitchen.

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What is a Ghost Kitchen?

If you aren't familiar with ghost kitchens, CloudKitchens has a great definition for it:

A ghost kitchen is a food service operation that prepares meals solely for delivery, without a traditional dine-in space.

So the ghost kitchen company 'rents out' space in another business's kitchen to prepare food that's ordered through online places like DoorDash.

I don't know for certain if their ghost kitchen company actually pays rent, but I would imagine the company that's allowing them to use their space gets some sort of cut.

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Sometimes these ghost kitchens are totally different companies from the kitchen that they rent out. Other times, the ghost kitchen sells the same food as what's sold at the brick-and-mortar location they're operating out of.

Let's take a peek at these ghost kitchens that are around Rochester and see what's really going on behind the curtain.

Below, I'll show you which ghost kitchens I discovered on my hunt through DoorDash (so there could be others I'm not aware of) and which kitchen they're operating out of.