Since we’re talking about taxpayer dollars being used to get the potential kitchen space off the ground, these kinds of studies have to always err on the side of conservative financial projections, and they have to be fairly robust in terms of data collection and analysis. For a budding food entrepreneur, it would be a step above making everything in their home kitchen, but not quite yet at the production scale where a budding food entrepreneur can cover the costs and logistics of operating and managing their own full-scale, full-time commercial prep kitchen. Large-scale manufacturing is unlikely to move in due to comparably high production costs compared to neighboring counties, so Ithaca has to build on its assets, such as being a regional draw for foodies allured by Ithaca’s culinary scene.Īs envisioned, the shared commercial kitchen would have multiple workstations that could be rented by the hour for food prep. The shared kitchen is seen to dovetail with efforts to promote Ithaca and Tompkins County as a place to host small-scale manufacturing and production, artisanal/craft kinds of activities. Short answer: if the city serves it up, local food servicers will line up for helpings. The Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency was told there might be an opportunity for a city-managed shared commercial kitchen, and was willing to pay for a study to explore if Ithaca’s restauranteurs and food vendors had an appetite for such a space. ITHACA, N.Y.-It was something of a question mark to start.
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