Frequently asked questions - Lower East Side

General

    • Username: N-corp

    • Password: Veri$ecure


  • The main entrance to the facility is at 196 Stanton Street. Members use personal  ButterflyMX codes to access the facility. The side entrance is on Ridge Street and accessible with a key. The closest subways are the F, M, J, and Z at Delancey and Essex, a short walk away.

    • The front entrance is always locked.

    • Members use their BMX codes which are set for:

      •  24/7 access (dedicated members and staff)

      • 6am-10pm (hourly members)

    •  A KOM is onsite from 9:30am-6:30pm Monday through Friday generally excluding Nimbus observed holidays or emergency call-outs.

  • Main Entry - Front Double Doors (196 Stanton Street): Primary entrance for all nimbus members and staff. Access is granted using ButterflyMX code. This code comes in 6 digits and as a QR code. Code is only given to Nimbus staff and members who have completed their orientation. View main entrance photo here.

    Secondary Entrance - Side Door (Ridge Street): Secondary entrance for all nimbus members and staff. Access is available via a key in the lockbox with code 2021. Inside the lockbox there are keys for the front door entrance and back door entrance.

    Event Space Entrance: Double-doors on Stanton St, to the right of the main entrance. These doors only open from the inside of the Studio Kitchen. 

Membership

  • We have four membership options at Nimbus:

    1. Hourly kitchen member

    2. Long-term kitchen member

    3. Event member

    4. Storage-only member

    We’d love to explain the nuances between the membership types – fill out this form so we can schedule a call, learn more about your business, and find a solution that works best for you.

  • Depending on your business type, you can get started at Nimbus in as little as a few days – the process for joining Nimbus is as follows:

    1. Have an initial call with the Sales & Licensing team

    2. Tour our facilities to determine which location works best for you

    3. Submit onboarding documentation (insurance, permit applications, and licensing agreement)

    4. Have orientations with the Member Operations and Kitchen Operations teams

    Get cooking!

    Contact us to start the process of becoming a member of the Nimbus community.

  • Nimbus was designed to be a cost-efficient and scalable solution for emerging, established, and enterprise food concepts. Our turn-key kitchens and operational support services mean businesses can get started with limited upfront capital and scale their businesses with lower ongoing operating costs than a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant.

    Nimbus’s initial membership commitment starts at $2,400 – three months of hourly kitchen rental at a minimum of 32 hours and $800 per month – making our co-cooking infrastructure significantly more accessible than renting a full-time space or building a brick-and-mortar location. We’ve designed our rental model so you are only paying for the capacity and services that you need, so please contact us for a custom quote based on your operation.

    Please note that we do also require a a one-time, completely refundable Use Deposit to cover any instances of non-payment or damages to the space. We also have a one-time Initiation Fee and a $25 per month Shared Kitchen Fee. Finally, please note that all bookings and payments are made through The Food Corridor, and are subject to standard processing and platform fees.

Rental types

  • Long-term kitchens

    Members can rent dedicated, enclosed kitchen rooms at Nimbus on one-year or multi-year contracts. These long-term kitchens are perfect for established and enterprise operators expanding their existing footprint, or anyone looking for a full-time kitchen space to scale their operation.

    If you’re looking for a more flexible kitchen rental solution, send us a note and we can propose some rental alternatives, or keep reading to learn more about out our hourly kitchen rental solution.

    Hourly kitchens

    Being nimble is at our core: Nimbus is designed to be a flexible kitchen solution for any food business that does not require full-time space. Our hourly kitchens are rented in four-hour blocks starting at 6am and ending at 10pm. Please note that we require a minimum commitment of 32 hours of kitchen rental a month for 3 months, which translates to a minimum kitchen rental spend of $2,400 over that 3 month period.

  • Yes! We believe that a strong relationship between food businesses and their customers is a key to success, so we built our co-cooking infrastructure to foster a sense of community, hospitality, and transparency. Our Lower East Side, Downtown Brooklyn, and River North locations, have community event spaces, including beautiful show kitchens, specifically designed for sharing experiences over cooking classes, tastings, content creation, co-working, and more.

    Our spaces are fully divisible, allowing for intimate gatherings of a few people to larger events of up to 74 guests (and everything in between). Our adjacent back-of-house rentable kitchen spaces make it even easier to host an event at Nimbus! Contact us for more information.

    Check out our events listings page to see what events are happening at a Nimbus near you!

  • Nimbus has ample dry storage, cold storage, and frozen storage across our facilities – businesses looking to store their ingredients, finished products, or other tools onsite can rent storage cages from Nimbus in each of these areas at a flat monthly rate. Nimbus also offers overnight storage solutions for businesses looking to store items on-site for pop-ups or events.

    Our storage products come in a variety of sizes, making it easy to scale up or scale down with seasonality or other business fluctuations.

Infrastructure & services

  • Nimbus hourly kitchen stations are turn-key: they are fully outfitted with under-hood equipment, smallwares, and all the bells and whistles of a premium commercial kitchen space. However, Nimbus does not provide specialized equipment (like a baking mold) or hand tools (like knives or measuring cups), so food businesses should plan to bring those items in and store them in dry storage throughout the course of their membership.

    While most of our long-term kitchen spaces are also completely turn-key and pre-outfitted with under-hood equipment, we understand that certain food businesses have very specific kitchen requirements. As a result, for certain longer-term rental agreements, Nimbus can customize the kitchen space and hood line for our members.

  • Nimbus has kitchens of all shapes and sizes, meaning businesses can choose the right kitchen size and layout based on their specific needs. Nimbus hourly kitchen stations range from 90 square feet to 350 square feet, while our long-term kitchen rooms range from 165 square feet to 1,600 square feet. Many of our members start operating in our smaller kitchens and graduate to larger units as their business scales.

    All kitchen rentals also include access to additional common spaces (dishwashing areas, storage rooms, and break rooms).

  • From grease trap cleaning to HVAC maintenance, we take care of all the nitty-gritty details of running a commercial kitchen so you can focus on what you love: cooking. Check out our full list of our included services here.