Ghost Kitchens As A Restaurant Lifeline

"All restaurants right now are really looking at the concept of pop-ups and ghost kitchens because they are taking advantage of the proliferation of the delivery services, whether they start their own delivery service or [use another delivery service.] A lot of existing restaurants are struggling, and as a means to expand their gross sales, they are using ghost kitchens and pop-up concepts. It is booming," Andrea Gendel, co-chair of the leasing practice at Pryor Cashman LLP, tells GlobeSt.com.

There are two major types of ghost kitchen lease structures. A ghost kitchen is either managed by a single operator or by a ghost kitchen manager that licenses the space out to other users. The latter is akin to WeWork in the office space, according to Gendel. Before inking a lease with a