Catering

You could talk to any business in the city and hear a familiar lament about high overhead stemming from commercial rents, but for small-scale food entrepeneurs who don't have enough revenue to justify a full-time licensed facility--let alone one equipped with ovens, mixers, and expensive cooking equipment--the problem has an accessible solution, according to a report released today by the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan thinktank.

The report urges city to get on the communal kitchen bandwagon by supporting the creation of additional kitchen incubators (small spaces with shared ovens, ranges, and industrial mixers that can be rented when needed) that give small-scale food producers access to affordable space in a licensed commercial kitchen.  read more »