Echo Park Eats, a ghost kitchen opened in Fall 2023, has transformed the neighborhood of Douglas Street, with residents reporting a significant increase in delivery drivers causing traffic and safety issues. As part of CloudKitchens, it offers a hub for 26 food vendors but has disrupted the residential area, raising concerns beyond just parking. Local residents and Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez highlight the lack of land-use definitions for ghost kitchens, indicating broader implications for urban planning and community wellbeing.
As soon as Echo Park Eats opened on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Douglas Street in the fall of 2023, Sandy Romero said her neighborhood became overrun with delivery drivers.
The business phenomenon of ghost kitchens has only been around since the 2010s so there isn't an up-to-date land-use definition for them.
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