food hall Archives - The Six Fifty

‘We’re not trying to disrupt the industry’: How a Y Combinator-backed food hall startup is bringing a ghost kitchen alternative to the Peninsula

When COVID-19 hit and restaurants began closing down left and right, Mountain View resident Divyang Arora and his startup co-founders saw it as a call to action. Two years and a trip through the famous Y-Combinator startup accelerator later, he's now CEO of Byte Kitchen, a startup helping independent restaurants scale up and get their dishes offered in other communities.

Why el Alto chef Traci Des Jardins wishes she had led a Mexican food movement

Des Jardins says that if she could start her career over again, it would have a different focus than the seasonal, Californian-French cuisine she helped define.