6888 Kitchen at the Arcade’s second phase will center on the design, build-out, and full operation of the commercial kitchen and storage space. Phase 2 will include advanced mentoring, and facilitation of business support—such as ingredient sourcing, marketing and distribution, access to capital services. Phase 2 will expand our target to appeal to a much broader community with offering market-rate rental opportunities for usage of the commercial kitchen.
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The 6888 commercial kitchen will be located within the Dayton Arcade and can be easily seen from Ludlow Street and from the Rotunda. In addition to housing a commercial kitchen, the Dayton Arcade will house two events spaces as well as an open-plan market with multiple food and other vendors under one roof. We anticipate the Dayton Arcade, and our commercial kitchen, will begin full operations in 2022. As we further develop expertise, and if opportunities arise to expand to additional locations, we envision a future phase of operating a network of commercial kitchen facilities serving different, culturally diverse sets of communities within the greater Dayton area.
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The Arcade development identified the need to underpin the restaurant industry in the region and suggested a shared use commercial kitchen as the avenue. 6888 Kitchen’s program is primarily modeled after several successful food business incubators: Union Kitchen DC, Findlay Kitchen (a CSP partner investment), and the Food Corridor.
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OH Taste is learning from the leadership of these businesses to develop policies and procedures based on lessons learned and best practices.
