Want a professional kitchen and creative home for your growing food business? Eat for Equity offers shared commissary kitchen space for food businesses and chefs. Our shared commercial kitchen space in the Uptown area of Minneapolis is a productive, safe, welcoming and inclusive environment.
Want to experiment with a pop-up or a new concept in a kitchen space? The kitchen is also available to rent for day use and can host customer pickups, intimate dinners or client meetings/tastings.
We want this to feel like your kitchen home - regular kitchen users have 24/7 access and unlimited time (instead of being billed by the hour or the day). Differences in rates are around level of priority access, storage needs, and options for using open space, dedicated space, or exclusive space.
Kitchen users access discounts when they commit to shared space cleaning responsibilities, an annual agreement, or working in off-hours time [after 6 pm and before 8 am, weekends]. Kitchen users can build their business by renting private office suites, shared office space, or meeting/pickup space in the building.
Eat for Equity hours are Monday - Thursday, 8:30 - 5 pm. We welcome other kitchen users to share space with us at any time during our regular business hours, or to work independently / with other kitchen users in the space on Fridays and the weekends.
Kitchen Space:
Expansive (2900 sq ft) kitchen space with natural light at ground level
Walk-in cooler and walk-in cooler/freezer
Automatic dishwasher and 3 comp dishwashing sink, and 2 - 2 comp prep sinks
20’ hood with convection ovens, combi oven, ranges, griddle and grill
Included Amenities for all users
Shared Equipment use on-site [see below for list of current equipment]
Open prep tables
Towels and aprons onsite
Day parking available
Dishwashing machine use and chemicals
Trash / Compost / Recycling
Wifi
Shared Equipment:
Hobart food slicer [floor model] to shred and slice
Hobart 20 quart mixer
Prep tables of various sizes
1 - 6 burner gas Range with still oven
1 - 4 burner gas Range with still oven
1 - Combi [steam/convection] oven
2 - double stack Convection ovens
Induction cooktops
36” gas Griddle
Charbroiler Grill
Vacuum Sealer
Onsite use of sheet pans, hotel pans, and other smallwares
Building Amenities
Lobby for customer pickup, pop-ups, or meetings
Private suites or shared office space
Staff break room and two restrooms (one handicap accessible)
Off-street parking lot
Metro Racks - Standard sizes are 18” deep x 48” wide
Prep Tables - Standard sizes are 2.5’ deep x 6’ wide
Shared Space Cleaning Responsibilities / Discounts
We share responsibility for keeping our shared kitchen and building clean and professional. Kitchen users can commit to one or more of these weekly tasks. When completed each week for a month, users will receive the discount on their following month’s invoice.
We want this to feel like your kitchen home - regular kitchen users have 24/7 access and unlimited time (instead of being billed by the hour or the day). Differences in rates are around level of priority access, storage needs, and options for using open space, dedicated space, or exclusive space.
“Sautepan”
$1000 / month
Flexibility with Unlimited Time and Lean Storage
1 shelf in cooler included
1 shelf in dry storage included
24/7 access to space, unlimited time
Work at any Open Prep Tables
Work around Priority and High Priority Time for other users
Up to 2 regular staff people included
“Rondo”
$1500 / month
Dedicated Space with Unlimited Time
Priority User with 24/7 access to space and unlimited time
1 Metro rack in cooler included
1 Metro rack in dry storage included
1 shelf in freezer storage included
1 Dedicated Prep Table included, work at any Open Prep Tables
Ability to receive regular deliveries from vendors
Priority Time, work around High Priority Time for other users
Up to 2 regular staff people included
“Stockpot”
$2000 / month
Exclusive Area with Unlimited High Priority Time
High Priority User with 24/7 access to space and Unlimited time
2 Metro racks in cooler included or exclusive private reach-in
2 Metro racks in dry storage included
1 shelf in freezer storage included
2 Exclusive Prep Tables included, work at any Open Prep Tables
100 square feet of Exclusive kitchen space
Lobby use for meetings included
Ability to receive regular deliveries from vendors
Up to 4 regular staff people included
High Priority Time, other users work around your equipment and time needs
Option to bring in additional permanent equipment for preferred or exclusive use
Guest/Day Rate:: $200-$250/day
All included amenities and shared equipment above
Designated rolling rack
Day access to prep space, cooler, and freezer
No storage beyond the day(s) of use; half day access possible. If you rent consecutive days, you can store items on site.
Welcome package with salt/pepper, oil, gloves, dishcloths, aprons
Clean up [sweep, mop, sanitize, waste] required
If working outside our regular hours, an Eat for Equity staff member will check you in/out
2940 Harriet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408, USA
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