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Dickey's taps Chicago for first ghost kitchen

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October 30, 2020

Dickey's Barbecue Pit opened its first virtual kitchen Friday in Chicago. Providing only delivery service, customers in the surrounding 10-mile area may order via dickeys.com or the Dickey's app. This model, which services guests solely through online ordering and third-party delivery, is the first of its kind to open for the Texas-based, family-owned franchise.

"As an industry leader we are continually adapting our restaurant models to fit the needs of both the economic climate and the fluctuations of guest behavior and with states such as Illinois cautiously suspending indoor dining operations once again, the opening of our first virtual kitchen could not be more timely," Laura Rea Dickey, CEO of Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc., said in a company press release.

This is Dickey's fifth Illinois location and the second to open in the Chicago area.

Dickey's was founded in 1941 and has over 500 locations in 44 states and the UAE.