Nimbus, an innovator in collaborative cooking infrastructure, announced plans to open a new kitchen store in Chicago in May of this year, making its multimarket debut just months after doubling its New York City footprint. Founded in 2019 by Camilla Opperman Morse to address the lack of viable commercial kitchens, Nimbus provides startup, established, and corporate food companies with the tools to start, grow, and thrive. Our mission is to provide a collaborative and flexible infrastructure for
Nimbus' Chicago store is located at 820 North Orleans Street in River North and spans more than 19,000 square feet. Formerly a culinary school, Nimbus River North features 17 kitchen units ranging from 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet, a 246-foot commercial hood with an array of high-end appliances, and a 246-foot commercial hood for food business members and the surrounding community. There is a large event space that allows for in-person interaction. . The facility also features an array of equipment to streamline food production and distribution. This includes temperature-controlled rooms for precision food preparation, packaging stations optimized for consumer packaged goods, extensive dry, refrigerated, and frozen storage areas, and on-site customer parking. A freight elevator and a shipping room dedicated to shipping orders.
“We are excited to open these state-of-the-art facilities to Chicago’s newest chefs and operators,” said Nimbus CEO and Founder Camilla Opperman Morse. She added, “We can't think of a better city to celebrate our first expansion beyond New York City than Chicago, a vibrant and innovative food hub.”
Offering short- and long-term rentals of commercial kitchens and community event spaces, Nimbus' flexible collaborative cooking format helps Chicago food companies look to produce and promote their products without entering into expensive and inflexible commercial leases. Provides flexibility and scalability for businesses.
“This expansion highlights our dedication to ensuring all food businesses have access to premium kitchen space,” said Romina Gupta, director of strategic operations at Nimbus. “At Nimbus, we are dedicated to providing the infrastructure that allows culinary creativity to flourish.”
With our dynamic rental model, Nimbus serves companies at all growth stages across the food service industry, including catering concepts, meal preparation companies, and recipe development chefs. This approach contrasts with the relatively inflexible rental solutions offered by industry incumbents. Rental solutions are tailored exclusively to established concepts or company delivery concepts.
