Fayetteville Commercial Kitchen Opens for Food Entrepreneurs With 24/7 Access

The NC Food Commissary opened this month at 813 Griffin St. in Fayetteville. Members can now sign up. The place offers commercial kitchen spaces and support services, and a grand opening will happen in January 2026.

Inside, you'll find three private kitchens, one large cooking area, two prep kitchens, and a dishwashing room. Food truck operators, caterers, and bakers can work here any hour, any day.

"We're a commercial shared kitchen for food truck owners, caterers, bakers, anybody in the food business industry that needs a commercial kitchen to cook out of or prep their foods," said Co-Owner Chris Thiessen, per the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal. "I say shared, but the kitchens themselves only have one business at a time. The kitchen, when the members are here, is private to them."

Food truck packages include trash and graywater disposal, cooking-oil recycling, and storage access. Kitchen bundle packages provide cooking time, dishwashing space, and access to the small business center.

Thiessen heads a four-member ownership team with her husband Scott Simard, business consultant Allen Collins, and restaurant owner Mike Fields of Caffé OPA. The group also operates NC Meal Train Ministry, a nonprofit that will use grant funds for classroom programs.

"There's this whole piece outside of the kitchens. How I envision it is, we're bustling, we've got people here cooking, doing events, and they come to me, and they go, 'Hey, Chris, I got 10 extra meals,'" said Thiessen. "Let me pop them in the freezer. I'll give you credit back, they can have a business deduction, or I can give them a break on their kitchen time."