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Ghost kitchens emerge as restaurants innovate through pandemic
Pandemic challenges spurred innovation in Western Oregon s restaurants, which could explain a trend that you might notice next time you log onto a third-party delivery app like GrubHub or DoorDash.
Posted: Jul 1, 2021 7:54 PM
Posted By: Chris Lueneburg
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. Pandemic challenges spurred innovation in Western Oregon s restaurants, which could explain a trend that you might notice next time you log onto a third-party delivery app like GrubHub or DoorDash.
Scrolling through GrubHub in the Eugene-Springfield area, you ll see some restaurants listed that don t fit in amongst the beloved community staples and local favorites. You can order food from places like The Wing Dynasty, Best Coast Wings, and Outlaw Burger, even though there are no such physical restaurants that you could visit.
The Great Wings Rush
By Josh Dzieza | June 1, 2021, 10:00am EDT
Photo illustrations by Alex Castro, Amelia Holowaty Krales, Grayson Blackmon
It was March 2020, and restaurants across the country were shutting down, setting up takeout windows, or doing whatever they could to absorb the shock of COVID. But it was Chuck E. Cheese, of all places, that had the foresight and steely clarity to see not just what the new era required, but what it permitted. With much of America suddenly interacting with restaurants through delivery apps, the food industry had been transformed into e-commerce, and the arcade better known for its ball pits than its food was free to invent a new identity: “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings.”