Contributing writer Alaysia Lane reports on the grand opening of NEON Collective Kitchens, a 25,000-square-foot commercial kitchen and food business incubator on West Broadway in North Minneapolis, developed by the Northside Economic Opportunity Network to support caterers, bakers, food truck operators and packaged goods businesses with affordable licensed kitchen space and business advising.
The Northside Economic Opportunity Network, or NEON, celebrated the grand opening of NEON Collective Kitchens on Thursday, unveiling a 25,000-square-foot commercial kitchen and food business incubator designed to support caterers, bakers, food truck operators and consumer packaged goods businesses.
Located on West Broadway, the two-story facility includes 11 commercial kitchen spaces, retail food stalls, freezer and refrigeration storage, a self-leveling loading dock and specialized commercial equipment intended to help small food businesses scale without the financial burden of building independent kitchen facilities.
Warren McLean, president of NEON, said the project began in 2020 after food entrepreneurs lost access to kitchen space during the pandemic…