# dark kitchen

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, kitchen.

## Etymology
From dark (“unknown, hidden”) + kitchen (“food production center”). Formed in analogy to the term dark store (“online retail distribution center”), as this type of operation likewise serves outside customers through online ordering.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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