ghost kitchen

American

[gohst kich-uhn] / ˈgoʊst ˌkɪtʃ ən /

noun

a commercial facility that prepares and cooks restaurant-style food for delivery directly to customers or to one or more dine-in restaurants.

Your order may have been cooked in a low-grade, or even totally unregulated, ghost kitchen.

First recorded in 2015–20

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