A Restaurant Without a Shingle

Virtual restaurants started before the pandemic, but the explosion in delivery and curbside pickup has sped things up

John I. Carney
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4 min readNov 29, 2021

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Plastic container with takeout chicken wings
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I had Cajun-seasoned chicken wings and curly fries today from It’s Just Wings, a restaurant that doesn’t actually exist. The wings were just fine.

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John I. Carney
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Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike