"dark kitchen" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: dark store"
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          "ref": "2015, Shonali Advani, “Mast Kalandar owner Spring Leaf Retail investing in delivery only kitchens to boost MK Dabbawala”, in Economic Times",
          "text": "“We were using some of our restaurant kitchens, but are now investing into more delivery-only or ‘dark’ kitchens, as we were not able to service the growing demand,” Jain said.",
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          "ref": "2020, Isabelle Hanet, “What is a dark kitchen?”, in Deliverect",
          "text": "It is the success of online ordering players such as Uber Eats, Glovo, Just Eat and many more that paved the way for dark kitchens.",
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        "(appliance, neologism) A commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery."
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          "ref": "1998, Herrick Kimball, The Kitchen Consultant, Taunton Press, page 86",
          "text": "[I]f your dark kitchen adjoins a room with an abundance of natural light, it might work to remove the separating wall to let some of the light in […]",
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          "ref": "2006, Poppy Z. Brite, Soul Kitchen: A Novel, Crown, page 237",
          "text": "He was already fleeing back through the dark kitchen, banging his hip on the steel countertop, […]",
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