Deliver excellence in Atlanta with CloudKitchens
Soul food, barbeque, seafood, and so much more—you have something wonderful to contribute to Atlanta’s thriving food scene. With a lower upfront investment, CloudKitchens can help you get your delivery kitchen up and running in weeks, so you can start pleasing palates ASAP.
Why commercial kitchens in Atlanta?
Atlanta’s culinary scene is rich, vibrant, and hungry for new options. Contribute your unique talents without breaking the bank or wasting years waiting for costly construction or renovation—a partnership with CloudKitchens can turn your delivery dreams into reality within weeks, not years.
Turn-key
solution
Open a dark kitchen in as little as 6 weeks with less capital, and leverage our proven model for delivery.
A team to
support you
We handle the logistics and fulfillment to make sure your orders are delivered with more accuracy, in less time.
New customers at
your fingertips
Our dark kitchens are located in densely populated areas with the highest volumes of delivery orders, so you can reach more customers online.
Manage orders on
one tablet
Streamline your virtual restaurant's online ordering and delivery platform orders from one single tablet. Our technology integrates all your delivery apps in one place, allowing you to focus on the food.
Build multiple food
concepts
Maximize your order volume by running multiple brands and cuisines out of a single dark kitchen.
Lower costs, higher
profits
When your labor, real estate costs, overhead, and cost of goods go down, your profits go up.
Commercial kitchens in Atlanta bring the opportunity to set up shop in a heavily trafficked area, such as Buckhead, Old Fourth, Midtown, or Downtown, and watch online orders roll in.
What are the benefits of an Atlanta commercial kitchen? The ghost kitchen model offers a foothold for new operations with reduced risk and greater potential for recoup and profit. Plus, you can tap into online student demand and feed students at Georgia State, Emory, Georgia Institute of Tech, and more.
Say goodbye to the expenses associated with a dine-in operation, including waitstaff, dining room square footage, higher insurance costs, and more. Your CloudKitchen is built for efficiency. All you need is a small kitchen staff and a big vision. We support you with logistics, delivery hand-off, maintenance, and even janitorial duties, so you can focus on what really matters: the food.
Operate your delivery kitchen from a centralized, cutting-edge tech hub. All CloudKitchens facilities come equipped with a POS tablet, pre-loaded with our proprietary technology. Streamline online orders into one easily navigable feed, gather data on your customer base, and ensure every transaction is perfectly fulfilled—CloudKitchens systems are built to make life easy for our clients.
There’s no reason to delay. Reach out to our team to schedule a tour of an Atlanta CloudKitchens facility today, and discover how to kickstart your culinary dreams in as little as six weeks.
Commercial kitchens versus traditional restaurants
Brick & mortar
Ghost Kitchens
Real estate
Brick & mortar
2000ft2
High cost, high traffic address
Ghost Kitchens
200ft2
Same area, low cost low traffic address
Staff required (~)
Brick & mortar
24
Many dedicated to front-of-house
Ghost Kitchens
4
We provide staff to handle all order handoffs and more
Weeks to launch 1 location
Brick & mortar
52w
10 locations 5-10 years
Ghost Kitchens
6w
Multiple locations 1 year
Upfront investment
Brick & mortar
$1M
High investment
Ghost Kitchens
$30k*
Low investment
Break even
Brick & mortar
5y
10% profit on 1M run rate
Ghost Kitchens
6m
10% profit on 1M run rate
All you need and more under the hood
We offer kitchens for modern-day chefs and help get you set up with specialized equipment and minimal fuss.
Space
- Private kitchen
- Driver pickup area
- Staff locker area
- Restrooms
- Mop wash
- Cold & freezer storage
- Dry storage
Services
- Order pickup & processing*
- Courier handoff
- Cleaning & maintenance
- Safety & health inspections
- Delivery logistics
- Extraction & ventilation
- On-site support staff
- Delivery software
*Level of service dependent on facility
Equipment
- 3 compartment sink
- Prep sink
- Hand sink
- Commercial hood
- Tablet
- Grease-trap/interceptor
Utilities
- Gas points
- Power outlets
- High power lighting
- Cold & hot water lines
- Gas/fire safety system
- WiFi
- Trash / recycle
- Ethernet connections
- Grease/trap cleaning
- Hood/flue cleaning
- Pest control
Atlanta commercial kitchens
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Oak Street Eats
Buckhead Eats
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Questions?We are here to help.
What's required to start a restaurant in Atlanta?
Dine-in, delivery-only, commissary kitchen or commercial kitchen, Atlanta restaurateurs need to check off many vital to-dos before opening any food service operation. Thankfully, CloudKitchens has either already taken care of or can guide you through the standard restaurant requirements:
- Zoning/Building – Opening a food service business requires an adequate location for a new restaurant and the proper zoning and construction permits
- Business license – The City of Atlanta grants business licenses to qualified vendors
- Food service establishment permit – Potential restaurant entities must pass food and safety inspections in order to be granted an operation permit from the Georgia Department of Public Health
- Insurance – Obtaining adequate insurance coverage protects both the business owner and their future patrons (for dine-in restaurants)
These four requirements are just the beginning. Traditional restaurants will also need to take care of important matters such as staffing, purchasing equipment and supplies, financing, marketing, and more.
When you open a delivery-only kitchen through CloudKitchens, you cut through costly, time-consuming red tape with ease. Reach out to our team today to learn how to get your kitchen up and running in as little as six weeks, with an initial investment in the tens of thousands rather than millions.
What is a ghost kitchen?
Atlanta is already home to plenty of ghost kitchens (also referred to as dark kitchens). These spaces allow chefs and entrepreneurs to cater directly to an online audience and keep costs low, since ghost kitchens do not have an associated in-person dining room.
They’re the perfect answer to today’s preference for convenient delivery. You can serve the same delicious food to an even larger audience for a fraction of the cost.
Are commercial kitchens profitable?
Thanks to their comparatively low overhead, commercial kitchens have the potential to turn an incredible profit. A commercial kitchen’s profitability depends on several factors, like the location, branding, and operating systems at play.
How does a commercial kitchen help your existing restaurant grow?
Operating a commercial kitchen concept and business model allows restaurant owners to serve a wider clientele while minimizing overhead. Commercial kitchens also give you the flexibility to try out new menus or even new restaurants, all within one commercial kitchen space.
How much do commercial kitchens cost?
The cost of opening and operating a commercial kitchen will vary. When you work with CloudKitchens, you can get your ghost kitchen up and running with an investment as low as $30k (compared to the average $1 million for a brick-and-mortar, traditional restaurant).
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