3. Test and comissary kitchens go communal
The incubator kitchen, a shared commercial space, might be the next iteration of commissary kitchens. Findlay Kitchen, a new 8,000-square-foot incubator kitchen in Cincinnati, intends to nix entrance barriers for new concepts. Jonnetta Patton, the mom of R&B artist Usher, has the same goal with her Atlanta incubator. In Washington, D.C., Union Kitchen provides restaurants with a test kitchen so they can develop recipes without taxing their working back of the house.