Virtual kitchens in Venice and Brentwood will open in January 2021 Delivery available through Doordash, GrubHub, Postmates, and UberEats from noon to 10 p.m. daily The intriguing notion of a virtual kitchen, or a "ghost kitchen," if you prefer the more atmospheric nickname, predates the pandemic, though it might, at first glance, seem to be a development that began to flower, in innovative earnest, in 2020. The virtual kitchen, in short, helps a restaurant outfit to grow its business into fresh areas of a city, all to help get its signature eats to the fans who may not live close to the eateries' established brick-and-mortar locations.